Frequency of Neck and Low Back Pain and its Associated Risk Factors among Textile Industry Workers
Background: Musculoskeletal symptoms due to industrial work have become a source of increasing concern in the past decades. This may lead to increased suffering in people as well as economic problems for the government and employees. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the frequency of nec...
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| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Rehabilitation & Allied health sciences, Riphah International University
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Journal Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.riphah.edu.pk/index.php/jrcrs/article/view/304 |
| Summary: | Background: Musculoskeletal symptoms due to industrial work have become a source of increasing concern in the past decades. This may lead to increased suffering in people as well as economic problems for the government and employees. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the frequency of neck and low back and its associated risk factors in textile industry workers. Materials and Methods: This cross study was conducted in different textile industries of Gujranwala. After taking informed written consent data was collected from 180 textile workers by using a questionnaire containing two parts.(i) Modified Nordic questionnaire (ii) personal information such as age, daily working hours, duration of working, participation in sports, smoking habit, body mass index, work and leisure activity limitation and family history of MSD. Inclusion criteria were workers from textile industries in Gujranwala, age between 20-45yrs, and only male workers. An exclusion criterion was workers from any other industry than textile, with neurological and mental disorders and handicapped. SPSS version 25 was used for data analysis. Chi-square and fisher’s exact test was used to check the association between different variables. Results: Out of 180 participants, 98(54.4%) were experiencing neck pain, 118(65.5%) were experiencing low back pain. Chi-square and fisher’s exact test Pvalue is <0.001 of neck and low back pain with age, work and leisure activity limitation. < 0.05 for neck and low back pain with years of working in the field, participation in an exercise or sports > 0.05 is for neck pain and low back pain with smoking, BMI, family history of MSD, the position of work and daily working hours Conclusion: The frequency of low back pain is more than neck pain in textile industry workers. There is strong association of neck pain and low back pain with age, work and leisure activity limitation. There is also an association of neck and low back pain with years of working and participation in sports and exercise. |
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| ISSN: | 2226-9215 2410-888X |