Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014
<strong>Background:</strong> Heavy school bags increase students’ musculoskeletal disorders. According to instructions, weight of school bags should not exceed 10% of students’ body weight. This study aimed at investigating the ratio of school bags weight to students’ body weight and eva...
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| author | Akram Sadat Jafari Roodbandi Leila Hajizadeh Somayeh Daneshvar Mitra Asghari Vafa Feyzi Maryam Jalali |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> Heavy school bags increase students’ musculoskeletal disorders. According to instructions, weight of school bags should not exceed 10% of students’ body weight. This study aimed at investigating the ratio of school bags weight to students’ body weight and evaluating the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders.
<strong>Methods:</strong> In this cross-sectional study, 723 students were selected from six elementary schools in Kerman. Such information as the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and demographic characteristics were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire.
<strong>Results:</strong> The highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was related to shoulders, neck, and waist. Indeed, weight of 50.1% of students’ bags was over 10% of their body weight. The results showed a significant relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and school bags’ weight to students’ weight ratio (P = 0.03). Additionally, such disorders were significantly more frequent among students of higher grades.
<strong>Conclusions:</strong> This study revealed a significant relationship between school bags’ weight and musculoskeletal disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1fa0b1409224b548ad37a06512500f62022-12-21T19:06:32ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of School Health2345-51522383-12192018-07-01531610.5812/intjsh.1489045141Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014Akram Sadat Jafari Roodbandi0Leila Hajizadeh1Somayeh Daneshvar2Mitra Asghari3Vafa Feyzi4Maryam Jalali5Ph.D. by Research Student, Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranOccupational Health Department, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranOccupational Health Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR IranOccupational Health Department, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR IranDepartment of Occupational Health, Health Center of Saqqez, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IR IranDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran<strong>Background:</strong> Heavy school bags increase students’ musculoskeletal disorders. According to instructions, weight of school bags should not exceed 10% of students’ body weight. This study aimed at investigating the ratio of school bags weight to students’ body weight and evaluating the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. <strong>Methods:</strong> In this cross-sectional study, 723 students were selected from six elementary schools in Kerman. Such information as the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and demographic characteristics were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. <strong>Results:</strong> The highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was related to shoulders, neck, and waist. Indeed, weight of 50.1% of students’ bags was over 10% of their body weight. The results showed a significant relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and school bags’ weight to students’ weight ratio (P = 0.03). Additionally, such disorders were significantly more frequent among students of higher grades. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> This study revealed a significant relationship between school bags’ weight and musculoskeletal disorders.http://intjsh.sums.ac.ir/article_45141_7a4bfcc6e9245fdd0efd63d186416d76.pdfbody weightelementary schoolmusculoskeletal diseases |
| spellingShingle | Akram Sadat Jafari Roodbandi Leila Hajizadeh Somayeh Daneshvar Mitra Asghari Vafa Feyzi Maryam Jalali Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 International Journal of School Health body weight elementary school musculoskeletal diseases |
| title | Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 |
| title_full | Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 |
| title_fullStr | Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 |
| title_short | Weight of School Bags and its Relationship with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Elementary School Students of Kerman, Iran in 2014 |
| title_sort | weight of school bags and its relationship with musculoskeletal disorders in elementary school students of kerman iran in 2014 |
| topic | body weight elementary school musculoskeletal diseases |
| url | http://intjsh.sums.ac.ir/article_45141_7a4bfcc6e9245fdd0efd63d186416d76.pdf |
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