Occupational health status of High School teachers in Tirur educational District ws.r. to musculoskeletal disorders –A Cross sectional study (original) (raw)
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Prevalence of the musculoskeletal disorder among school teachers
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) represent one of the most common and important occupational health problems in working populations, being responsible for a substantial impact on the quality of life and incurring a major economic burden in compensation cost and lost wages. School teachers represent an occupational group, among which there appears to be a high prevalence of MSD. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study is to find out the prevalence of the MSDs among school teachers. Materials and Methods: The research project was conducted after getting clearance from Human Research Ethics Committee of the K M Patel Institution for Education and Research Centre. This study was conducted in the various schools. Three hundred and fourteen teachers were enrolled in this study. To investigate the MSDs among school teachers, they were interviewed with the modified Nordic questionnaire. Results: In the current study, a total of 314 participants have been recruited in that minimum age of participants is 22 and maximum age is 59 with mean 40.5 ± 9.88. Total prevalence of the MSD is 71.95% among the teachers. In that, female were more affected with 72% than the males with 28%. Conclusion: The teachers here in reported a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder, knee, and back.
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Pain in the muscles and tendons is one of the most common complaints among teachers. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and their risk factors among public school teachers in the Philippines. It involved 200 public school teachers in the secondary level from Calbayog City division, Samar Province, Philippines, and used an English version of the Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency's questionnaire on MSDs for an analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms. The researchers employed frequency and percentages computations to determine the prevalence of MSDs in the respondents. Chi-square test and logistic regression were utilized to compute the correlation among socio-demographic profiles, teaching variables and MSDs. The reported overall prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was 74.5%, with legs (56.5%) and lower back (56%) having the highest prevalence. Significant differences in the prevalence of MSDs were found between age-groups (P = 0.032) and salary-groups (P = 0.045). Musculoskeletal disorders were prevalent among secondary public school teachers in the Philippines, suggesting that school administrators, curriculum and policy makers, and other stakeholders should improve the working conditions of teachers.
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Pain and Coping Strategies in School Teachers
2021
Introduction: School teachers have high prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders which decrease productivity at work due to sick leave and absenteeism. In India, more traditional methods of teaching are used as compared to other countries, and this difference encouraged us to determine prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, risk factors and coping strategies adopted by teachers. Methods: A self-administered Questionnaire was distributed to 810 particcipants. 567 responses were received out of which 30 questionnaires were incomplete. The self-administered Questionnaire included 31 questions under 5 categories: General Profile, Occupational profile, Health/Musculoskeletal pain profile, Perceived risk factors and Coping Strategies. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, frequency were calculated for continuous and categorical variables respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the association of musculoskeletal symptoms with d...
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Background School teachers constitute an occupational group which reported a high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs). Different individual, occupational and psychosocial factors have been identified to influence the complex process of WRMSDs. WRMSDs represent an important and costly occupational health problem being responsible for a poor quality of life (QOL) of teachers. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, the risk factors, and the impact of WRMSDs on the QOL of teachers. Methods 310 full-time teachers from 15 public schools were surveyed using an interview questionnaire about their sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36). Results Self-reported prevalence of WRMSDs at any body part over the past 12 months among teachers was 66.77%. Neck pain (56.1%) was the most prevalent WRMSD followed by shoulders (53.2%), low back (53.2%) and knees (50.6%) pain. Female ge...
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2018
Introduction: There is insufficient literature on the prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among teachers in Nigeria. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of work-related MSDs and their associations with occupational and sociodemographic factors of Nigerian-based school teachers. Materials and Methods: Socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, prevalence and pattern of work-related MSDs of 352 school teachers (24-60 years) were investigated using a standard Nordic questionnaire. Data were summarized with descriptive statistics. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess predictors of work-related MSDs. Results: The results showed that 70.2% of the teachers had work-related MSDs predominantly at the shoulder (62.3%) and neck (57.9%) regions. Most of the studied sociodemographic features, anthropometric and occupational characteristics significantly associated (p < 0.05) with MSDs in at least one body region. Conclusions: High prevalence of work-related MSDs existed among the teachers. Advanced educational qualification, elevated teaching boards, teaching experience beyond 10 years and age range of 35-50 years were the major predictors of MSDs.
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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders refer to a broad range degenerative and inflammatory conditions that affect the joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, nerves, and the localized blood circulation systems. Despite there being significant literature about musculoskeletal disorders among teachers in other parts of the world, Kenya lags behind in research. The current studies point out to high workloads and stress levels among primary school teachers because of an increase in the teacher-pupil ratio. The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence as well as person and work-related predictors to musculoskeletal disorders among Kenyan primary school teachers in Machakos County. Methods: This study adopted a cross-sectional design to collect data from 302 randomly selected teachers. Data was collected using a questionnaire and an observation checklist. It was analyzed using chi-square and logistic regression analysis and expressed as odds ratio. Results: The prevalence...
NIPES Journal of Science and Technology Research, 2020
Musculoskeletal pains (MP) especially the lower back, leg, neck and shoulder pain were the common complain among the classroom teachers due to prolong desk working and standing in the classroom. The study was conducted among the primary and secondary school classroom teachers in randomly selected two hundred and seven (207) schools in Egba division of Ogun State, Nigeria. Four thousand five hundred (4,500) modified Nodic Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) questionnaires were administered to the classroom teachers to assess their body parts with MSDs and their perceptions on health risk at work but four thousand and sixty (90.2%) participated. The analysis of the study revealed that the total prevalence of MSDs is 70.47%. The result showed that 65.2%, 18.9%, 11.7%, 3.2% and 1.1% of the teachers complained of leg pain (LP), lower back pain (LBP), shoulder pain (SP), Neck pain (NP) and upper back pain (UBP) respectively. The result further revealed that 49.7% of the teachers activated rest or sleep as a way of treatment of their nursing pains. Only 33.6% visit the hospital or clinic while 14.8% and 2.2% indulged in self-medication or otherwise. The results further showed that the classroom teachers are affected by work-related MSDs and that they represent an occupational group with high prevalence of MP. The result concluded that strategies are needed to be developed to reduce the MP in teachers.
Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders among Secondary School Saudi Female Teachers
Pain Research and Treatment, 2013
Objective. This study was conducted to estimate prevalence and pattern of musculoskeletal pain disorders among secondary school Saudi female teachers in Al-Khobar area and the psychodemographic and psychosocial factors that may affect them. Material and Method. A cross-sectional study was conducted using sample of secondary schools teachers (governmental and private school) in Al-Khobar area, Saudi Arabia (KSA). Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Result. Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain disorders was 79.17%. Main sites of pain were lower back (63.8%) followed by shoulder (45.4%), neck (42.1%), leg (40.0%), wrist (16.2%), and elbow joint (10.0%). Factors that showed significant relationship were type of school (p value 0.038), age (p value 0.002), weight (p value 0.007), number of children (p value 0.006), shoe type (p value 0.000), teaching years (p value 0.003), and working daily hours (p value 0.027). Conclusion. Secondary school female teach...
Frequency of Musculoskeletal Pain in Female Teachers
Annals of King Edward Medical University, 2014
Musculoskeletal pain is very common in our society and most of the time cause of this pain is faulty pos-ture, work load or psychosocial factors. The occupa-tions in which repetitive physical activities or mental stress is involved may cause musculoskeletal pain in body. Objective: The objective of this study is to investi-gate the frequency and risk factors causing musculo-skeletal pain in neck, upper and lower back, knee and arm regions along with over head reaching among female teachers. Setting: The study is conducted at School of Allied Health Sciences, Divisional Public School, Lahore Preschool and Learning Alliance, Punjab Collage, Nat-ional Collage of Arts and Punjab University of Lahore. Study Design: It was observational study. Patients: 100 female teachers were taken. Results: This study revealed a high frequency of mus-culoskeletal pains among female teachers in Lahore. Saleem M. 1 Physiotherapist at School of Allied Health Sciences Bashir M.S. 2 Assistant Professo...