Musculoskeletal disorders among insurance office employees: A case study.
BACKGROUND: Insurance employees in India are overworked, and their jobs demand prolonged sitting hours in the office; this can lead to musculoskeletal disorders through consistent stress on the musculoskeletal system. The present study includes implications for the reduction of work-related musculos...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 153 - 161 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=138732623&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 138732623 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 64 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 138732623 138732623 138732623 10.3233/WOR-192978 138732623 ppf: 153 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Musculoskeletal disorders among insurance office employees: A case study. aug: au: Singh, Harbir Singh, Lakhwinder Pal affil: Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar, India sug: subj: Insurance, Health White Collar Workers India Occupational Diseases Epidemiology Musculoskeletal Diseases Pain Human Adult Middle Age Male Female Descriptive Statistics Linear Regression Odds Ratio Data Analysis Software India Musculoskeletal Diseases Symptoms Clinical Assessment Tools Posture Work Environment Musculoskeletal Diseases Risk Factors Musculoskeletal Diseases Psychosocial Factors Musculoskeletal Diseases Epidemiology Body Mass Index Questionnaires Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Insurance employees in India are overworked, and their jobs demand prolonged sitting hours in the office; this can lead to musculoskeletal disorders through consistent stress on the musculoskeletal system. The present study includes implications for the reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders to minimise sick leaves and medical expenses. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder-related issues among employees working in insurance offices and to analyse the association of pain symptoms with risk factors including demographic, occupational and psychosocial factors. METHODS: The study included 400 employees from different insurance offices. Data were collected using a questionnaire about pain, a flexibility test (sit-and-reach test) and a video-based analysis of working postures using the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) method. RESULTS: The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms was the highest in the neck (57.2%), shoulders (38.5%), upper back (28.5%) and lower back (46.2%). CONCLUSIONS: A high persistence of musculoskeletal symptoms was observed in the neck, lower back, upper back and shoulders; the presence of these symptoms was strongly associated with predominant factors: assumed awkward posture, body mass index, job demand, RULA score and infrequent rest breaks. Additional research is required for testing the effect of interventions involving stretching exercises and/or installation of ergonomic workstations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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