Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading occupational disease imposing the health of working population among developed and developing countries. This study determined the magnitude and associated factors of LBP among garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. This institutional cross-se...
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| description | Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading occupational disease imposing the health of working population among developed and developing countries. This study determined the magnitude and associated factors of LBP among garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. This institutional cross-sectional study was conducted from the 5th Jan to Apr 2015 on Garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, on 422 participants. A face-to-face interview was used to collect quantitative data and the Nordic Questionnaires to measure the outcome of interest, LBP, as a worker experiencing self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the lower back were defined by aches, pain, or discomfort during the last 12 months. All the questionnaires have been checked visually, coded and entered into SPSS. The magnitude of self-reported LBP was 64.9%. Workers, those had a longer working experience were 2 up to 10 times the chance to have developed workrelated LBP than those with shorter work experience. The magnitude of work-related LBP among garment industry is high. Therefore, government, the owner of the companies and other stockholders should focus on the prevention and control of occupational risk factors for work-related LBP in the garment industries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-376c5c44b7d743c49b8dd62e1c5cfb102022-12-21T20:16:57ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Occupational Hygiene2008-51092008-54352017-09-01101Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, EthiopiaARARSO TAFESE0GETAHUN KEBEDE1ABERA SHIBRU2TSEGAYE BENTI3Ambo University College of Medicine and Health Science Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 19, Ambo EthiopiaUniversity of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, EthiopiaAmbo University College of Medicine and Health Science Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 19, Ambo EthiopiaEnvironmental and Occupational Health and Safety, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, EthiopiaLow back pain (LBP) is one of the leading occupational disease imposing the health of working population among developed and developing countries. This study determined the magnitude and associated factors of LBP among garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. This institutional cross-sectional study was conducted from the 5th Jan to Apr 2015 on Garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, on 422 participants. A face-to-face interview was used to collect quantitative data and the Nordic Questionnaires to measure the outcome of interest, LBP, as a worker experiencing self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the lower back were defined by aches, pain, or discomfort during the last 12 months. All the questionnaires have been checked visually, coded and entered into SPSS. The magnitude of self-reported LBP was 64.9%. Workers, those had a longer working experience were 2 up to 10 times the chance to have developed workrelated LBP than those with shorter work experience. The magnitude of work-related LBP among garment industry is high. Therefore, government, the owner of the companies and other stockholders should focus on the prevention and control of occupational risk factors for work-related LBP in the garment industries.https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/277Low back painSewing machine operatorsWork-related musculoskeletal disorders |
| spellingShingle | ARARSO TAFESE GETAHUN KEBEDE ABERA SHIBRU TSEGAYE BENTI Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia International Journal of Occupational Hygiene Low back pain Sewing machine operators Work-related musculoskeletal disorders |
| title | Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Work-Related Low Back Pain among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry: Galan City Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | work related low back pain among sewing machine operators of garment industry galan city oromia region ethiopia |
| topic | Low back pain Sewing machine operators Work-related musculoskeletal disorders |
| url | https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/277 |
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