Musculoskeletal (MS) pain is widely prevalent and is an important health issue for desk-based employees which has a negative impact on both personal and work life. This study aimed to determine the MS pain status and its association with mental health and other individual factors among desk-based officials of Dhaka, Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study comprised a sample of 526 desk-based officials from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data were collected between November 2020 to March 2021. MS pain was determined by the visual analog scale (VAS) and depression and anxiety were screened by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Logistic regression analyses were employed to estimate the adjusted effect of independent factors on MS pain. The overall prevalence of MS pain was 64% among desk-based officials. The corresponding prevalence were 19% severe, 21% moderate and 24% mild MS pain. In the adjusted model, gender (AOR: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.07–0.46), BMI (AOR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.14–0.59), monthly income (AOR: 5.17, 95% CI: 2.18–12.25), organization type (AOR: 4.3, 95% CI:1.8–10.1), floor living (AOR: 4.7, 95% CI:2.1–10.8), physical activity (AOR: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.06–0.45), and lift facility in the house (AOR: 4.11, 95% CI: 2.06–8.23) were associated with MS pain. In addition, the prevalence of anxiety and depression was 17.7% and 16.4%, respectively. Depression was identified as a significant predictor for severe MS pain (AOR: 2.44, 95%CI:1.29–4.63). This study has revealed a relatively high prevalence of MS pain and mental health problems among Bangladeshi desk-based officials. Preventive measures need to be taken from both organizational and personal sides to delimitate MS pain and mental health problems.
The aim of this study is to create an efficient monitoring system for elderly people in society. As the number of elderly people is increasing, most of the aged people rest their lives in the old-age home. During leading their life in the old-age home, aged people face many problems who reach 58-62 or above of their age. This problem can be listed such as falling sudden illness, incapability of hearing clearly at a certain normal decibel level, unable to move anywhere without the co-operation of others. In this, we have introduced an effective solution that has ability to monitor older persons, a low-cost alarming system and so on. Those can be ameliorated to some extent. Recently, advance wearable and sensor technologies have improved the prospects of this service for caring for aged people. In this proposed project can ensure that the care of aged people by smart device services which can give voice direction to go to the desired room between many rooms and take immediate help if it's necessary though pressing a single button with the alarm system.
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