Gender Differences in Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Agricultural Workers

Kim, Yu-Chang; Shin, Yongseok

doi:10.5143/jesk.2011.30.4.535

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“…In the present study, female farmers showed higher risk than males for hand pain. This may be because female Korean farmers often perform tasks that require repetitive use of the hands and fingers [27, 28]. Moreover, females in the present study showed significantly higher time spent on housework than males and, as a result, the working time, including housework, may be higher in female farmers than in male farmers.…”

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“…In a study that investigated the difference in musculoskeletal disorders according to gender among 358 Korean farmers, the average daily working time for female farmers (9.6 h) was longer than that of male farmers (9.2 h). Since the female farmers also tended to be solely responsible for housework, they had a greater burden [27, 28]. It is postulated that female farmers showed a higher risk of hand pain than males because housework mostly involves the use of the hands.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These results are postulated to reflect the characteristics associated with cultural differences regarding gender roles in Korean society and the patriarchal characteristics of Korean rural areas [44, 45]. The relatively longer working hours for female farmers are also presumed to act as a burden, resulting in increased stress [28].…”

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Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender

Lee

Cho

Kim

et al. 2019

Ann of Occup and Environ Med

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Background The objective of this study was to compare differences in lifestyle diseases, musculoskeletal pain, psychosocial stress, and self-health awareness according to gender in Korean farmers. Methods The study population comprised 436 farmers residing in rural areas in Korea. A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey demographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, and musculoskeletal pain. The psychosocial well-being index short form (PWI-SF) was used to survey psychosocial stress, and the 12-item short form health survey (SF-12) was used to survey self-health awareness. In addition, a clinical examination was performed for each participant, and lifestyle diseases were identified through a health checkup. Results Among lifestyle diseases, females showed a significantly higher proportion than males for metabolic syndrome (OR: 4.57 [95% CI, 1.67–12.51]). For musculoskeletal pain, females again showed significantly higher proportion than males for hand pain (OR: 16.79 [95% CI, 3.09–91.30]), and pain in at least one body part (OR: 2.34 [95% CI, 1.16–4.70]). For psychosocial stress, females showed a significantly higher proportion than males for high-risk stress (OR: 3.10 [95% CI, 1.17–8.24]). Among the items in self-health awareness, females showed significantly higher proportion than males for mental component score (MCS) (OR: 3.10 [95% CI, 1.52–6.31]) and total score (OR: 2.34 [95% CI, 1.11–4.90]). Conclusions For all items that showed significant differences, females showed higher proportion than males, which indicates that female farmers tended to have poorer overall health than male farmers. Therefore, specialized programs will have to be developed to improve the health of female farmers.

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Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender

Lee

Cho

Kim

et al. 2019

Ann of Occup and Environ Med

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“…These results are consistent with a previous study, which reported that men are 3.5 times more likely to incur an occupational injury [ 37 ]. Further, a study on production operators, agricultural workers, and workers involved in repetitive tasks reported that the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was higher among women than among men [ 38 39 40 ].…”

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Association of work–life balance with occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain among Korean workers

Kim

Yoon

et al. 2020

Ann Occup Environ Med

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Background The concept of work-life balance (WLB) has become an important issue in workers' health and safety. This study aims to investigate the relationship between WLB and occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain. Method The study included 27,383 workers who participated in the Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey. Participants were divided into good WLB and poor WLB groups based on their responses to the five question items which comprised two dimensions: work-on-life conflict (items, 1–3) and life-on-work conflict (items 4 and 5). Occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain were also assessed using the question items. The χ 2 test and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the relationship of WLB to occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain while considering socio-demographic and occupational characteristics and ergonomic and psychological risk factors. Results Of the 27,383 participants, 252 (0.9%) had experienced an occupational injury and 6,408 (23.4%) had musculoskeletal pain. The poor WLB group had higher injury rates for both men (1.7%) and women (0.9%) than the good WLB group (1.1% and 0.4%, respectively). Additionally, the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was higher for both men and women in the poor WLB group (25.2% and 28.0%, respectively) than for men and women in the good WLB group (18.7% and 23.6%, respectively). In the logistic regression analysis, the adjusted odds ratio of WLB for occupational injury was 1.37 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06–1.78), and that for musculoskeletal pain was 1.14 (95% CI: 1.07–1.21), showing positive associations of WLB with both occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain. Conclusions Poor WLB causes an increase in occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, an improvement in WLB may reduce the incidence of occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain among workers. Social and policy-related initiatives are needed to improve workers' WLB to reduce occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain.

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“…There are also gender differences in agricultural work-related injuries, where female farmers experience more injuries due to "falls" and "excessive force/movement", while male farmers report more injuries due to "agricultural machinery", "collision with objects", "entanglement/pinching", and "animal injuries" [11]. [12] also reported that female farmers experience more work-related musculoskeletal disorders than male farmers. The Rural Development Administration [11] reports that male farmers are more exposed to noise, exhaust gas, and handling of heavy objects, while female farmers experience more musculoskeletal symptoms and visual impairment than male farmers.…”

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Differences in the Effects of Work Environment on Health Problems and Satisfaction of Working Condition by Gender: The 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Hyeseon,

Sooin,

Insoo

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This study investigated gender differences in exposure to hazardous factors, health problems, and work environment satisfaction and identified the effects of such differences on farmworkers in Korea. Through the 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI), the raw data on 2347 farmworkers were analyzed to present descriptive statistics for demographic characteristics, exposure to hazardous factors, health problems, and work environment satisfaction. We compared genders using chi-squared tests and investigated the effects of gender-specific working conditions on work-related health problems and work environment satisfaction using multivariate logistic analysis. The results were presented as an odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. Job position predicted work-related health problems in male farmworkers and work environment satisfaction in female farmworkers. Furthermore, female farmworkers perceived themselves to have more health problems than male farmworkers. Nevertheless, female farmworkers received less health and safety information and had lower work environment satisfaction compared to male farmworkers. The findings may improve the occupational welfare of farmworkers through continuous enhancement of the agricultural labor environment.

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Gender Differences in Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Agricultural Workers

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Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender

Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender

Association of work–life balance with occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain among Korean workers

Differences in the Effects of Work Environment on Health Problems and Satisfaction of Working Condition by Gender: The 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey

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