Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Tailors

Abstract

Work related musculoskeletal disorders are a group of painful disorders due to repeated basis or overuse for days, months or years and those effects bones, muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, nerves, bursa and blood vessels are stressed and traumatized and those body tissues ultimately become damaged. Aim of the present study is to identify the prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among tailors. This cross sectional study was conducted among 100 tailors and use of the standardized tool Nordic Questionnaire. Detailed information on Sociodemographic factors, Personal factors and musculoskeletal symptoms were obtained in face to face interview. The Exposure was assessed by a questionnaire regarding the type of year of experience, Age, BMI, working hours, working posture and nature of job. The study concluded that prevalence of moderate or severe musculoskeletal pain in the Neck area, shoulders and Wrist/hands, Lower back, knees and Ankle/feet regions. Elevated prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was associated with age less than 35, daily working hours more than eight hours, both gender, year of experiences more than ten, weekly working hours more than eighteen hours, working posture and nature of job were also effective in prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders.

Physical environmental and occupational factors inducing work-related neck and shoulder pains among self-employed tailors of informal sectors in Ethiopia, 2019: results from a community based cross-sectional study

“…This is likely to result in increased prevalence of neck and shoulder pains among self-employed workers in the country. Our survey found a lower prevalence of neck and or shoulder pains compared to a study in India (91 and 88% in neck and shoulder,respectively) [ 45 ]. However, our finding is higher than that of 49.7% neck and 41.6% shoulder pain prevalence in study in Iran [ 21 ] and 31.67 and 38.33% prevalence of pain in neck and shoulder, respectively, from the report in India [ 46 ].…”

“…According to the study in Finland, upper back pains, including neck and shoulder were more likely to increasein the newly employed workers because of a lack of acclimatization to the work environment, particularly to a high workload. Conversely, other investigations have shown that a longer duration of employment increases the risk of neck and shoulder pains [ 27 , 45 , 49 ]. This disagreement may be due to variations in the designs of the studies (prospective follow up versus cross-sectional), study populations (self-employed versus employed by others) and the nature of the work environments (informal tailor shops versus registered garment factories).…”