Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Survey of Physiotherapists in Tricity

Maheshwari, Priyanka

doi:10.15621/ijphy/2015/v2i6/80773

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“…Reducing direct patient-contact hours has been reported to be the most used strategy to overcome the effects of WMSDs by physiotherapists [3,13,16]. In addition, as physiotherapists work on an average for 45-60 min with a patient during single session they become more prone to development of WMSDs with increase in working hours [15]. The main finding of present study suggested that the weekly working hours do not correlate with the prevalence of work-related MSDs.…”

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“…The main finding of present study suggested that the weekly working hours do not correlate with the prevalence of work-related MSDs. Contradicting findings were found in a study from India, where, WMSDs were found to be more prevalent in the younger physiotherapists which was thought to be because of the reason that younger physiotherapists work usually for more hours and work more vigorously [15]. However, Bork et al (1996) found that the physiotherapists > 50 years of age the higher patient-contact hours per week and still had lower prevalence of WMSDs probably due to survivor bias and experience based learning [3].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…They also found that 1 in 6 physical therapists moved within by changing specialty practice or setup or left the profession due to WMSDs [13]. In a nationwide study of Indian physiotherapists, Muruganatham et al (2015) suggested highest prevalence of WMSDs (42.01%) between 22 and 25 years of age where majority of physiotherapists (35.48%) first experienced their WMSDs within 5 years of graduation [14,15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several studies have assessed the prevalence of WMSDs and the effects of specific anatomic site, gender, posture etc. on physiotherapists in India [14][15][16]. However, the studies related to the exposure assessments and studies exploring the association of WMSDs with various factors were found to be inadequate for determining the effect of those factors.…”

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Association of working hours, job position, and BMI with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the physiotherapists of Gujarat—an observational study

Ramanandi

Desai

2021

Bull Fac Phys Ther

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Background Physiotherapists are prone to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Region wise distribution and frequency of work disturbance have been studied in physiotherapists but exploration of the probable association of working hours, job position, and body mass index (BMI) with WMSDs is not adequately done in the Gujarat, India. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate these aspects among the physiotherapists of Gujarat. Results An online cross-sectional survey including 322 physiotherapists was conducted and the data was collected after gaining informed electronic consent. Present study showed no significant co-relation between job position (0.602), weekly working hours (0.930), and BMI (0.589) with WMSDs prevalence. The 1-year work disturbance and 1-week musculoskeletal difficulties were found to be due to low back-related complaints (35.09%, 33.85%). Conclusion It is inferred that high prevalence of WMSDs in physiotherapists may be due to one of various factors including job position, working hours, and BMI but they are not significantly correlated with WMSDs.

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Association of working hours, job position, and BMI with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the physiotherapists of Gujarat—an observational study

Ramanandi

Desai

2021

Bull Fac Phys Ther

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“…The potential factor identified was their less height and more body weight which put them at a disadvantage during patients' treatment and transfer. (8,9) .…”

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Association with Mental Health and Quality of Life among Working Physiotherapists

Iyer¹,

Shah²,

Sharma³

2022

Int J Sci Healthcare Res

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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are defined as “regional impairments describing as inflammation and degenerative diseases and disorders of the muscles, tendons, nerves, joints, and fascia. When the surrounding work environment, work events (work itself) and the performance of work contribute in causing such kind of disorders over a time period, then they are called work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs). It results into range of symptoms like pain, ache, disability, discomfort, fatigue, mental stress and thus resulting into loss of work time, work restriction of task, transfer to another job, sickness absenteeism and reducing overall quality of life. Workplace stress occurs in the workplace or work related organization, and is defined as “a harmful mental and physical reaction coming from discordance between employee’s ability, resources, and willingness and work requirement. Also stress coming from pain, discomfort can also alter the mental status of the person and can quality of life (QoL) of employees. Purpose of the study: To determine the Prevalence of WRMSD among working physiotherapist and the objective was to find out the association of WRMSD with mental health and quality of life. Methodology: In this study a google form was created using 3 questionnaires (Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaire for determining the musculoskeletal disorder, Quality of life was assessed through WHO-BREF. Mental health was assessed by General health questionnaire (GH-12). Results: The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the Physiotherapists is 82%. It is also concluded that the low back and neck are the most common sites susceptible to injury followed by upper back and thighs. There was a significant association of Work related musculoskeletal disorders with quality of life only. Conclusions: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are an important health risk within the physiotherapy profession. Therefore, it is recommended that education programs on prevention and coping strategies for musculoskeletal symptoms in Physiotherapists should be made mandatory in order to decrease the risk of WRMSDs which will ultimately improve the quality of life. Keywords: [Work-Related Musculoskeletal disorders, Pain, quality of Life, Mental health, Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy]

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Frequency of examination and perceived contribution of factors relating to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of physiotherapists

Karanikas

Jani

2021

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Survey of Physiotherapists in Tricity

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Association of working hours, job position, and BMI with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the physiotherapists of Gujarat—an observational study

Association of working hours, job position, and BMI with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the physiotherapists of Gujarat—an observational study

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Association with Mental Health and Quality of Life among Working Physiotherapists

Frequency of examination and perceived contribution of factors relating to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of physiotherapists

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