Risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by QEC method in a food production factory
Abstract Background: Researches have shown that musculoskeletal disorders are among the most important occupational problems. Nowadays prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is a necessity and national priority. This study was designed to identify the frequency of musculoskeletal disor...
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Background: Researches have shown that musculoskeletal disorders are among the most important occupational problems. Nowadays prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is a necessity and national priority. This study was designed to identify the frequency of musculoskeletal disorders in food industry.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, workers from 10 job categories in a food industry were selected. 50% of workers in each job category were randomly selected and at last 92 subjects entered the study. Nordic questionnaire was used to assess the frequency of work-related musculoskeletal complaints and QEC method was used for job analysis.
Results: Mean age of workers was 36.36 ± 8.50 (range: 23-55) years. Mean employment duration was 11.17 (range: 1-30) years. 21.7% of subjects had experienced pain and discomfort in at least one of the 4 areas (neck, shoulder, low back, and hand) in the last 12 months. Among all musculoskeletal disorders, those presented in low back and shoulder had a significant relationship with employment duration (p = 0.01).
Conclusion: This study showed that musculoskeletal disorders were more frequent in low back and hand regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c7ebe0d07f64afba072b9bf9e0e51362025-08-25T05:51:22ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Scienceطب کار2251-71892251-82742011-10-01325460Risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by QEC method in a food production factoryAH Mehrparvar0S Ranjbar1M Mostaghaci2M Salehi3 Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Abstract Background: Researches have shown that musculoskeletal disorders are among the most important occupational problems. Nowadays prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is a necessity and national priority. This study was designed to identify the frequency of musculoskeletal disorders in food industry. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, workers from 10 job categories in a food industry were selected. 50% of workers in each job category were randomly selected and at last 92 subjects entered the study. Nordic questionnaire was used to assess the frequency of work-related musculoskeletal complaints and QEC method was used for job analysis. Results: Mean age of workers was 36.36 ± 8.50 (range: 23-55) years. Mean employment duration was 11.17 (range: 1-30) years. 21.7% of subjects had experienced pain and discomfort in at least one of the 4 areas (neck, shoulder, low back, and hand) in the last 12 months. Among all musculoskeletal disorders, those presented in low back and shoulder had a significant relationship with employment duration (p = 0.01). Conclusion: This study showed that musculoskeletal disorders were more frequent in low back and hand regions.http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-46-en.pdfmusculoskeletal disordersqecfood industrynordic questionnaire |
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| title | Risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by QEC method in a food production factory |
| title_full | Risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by QEC method in a food production factory |
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| title_short | Risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by QEC method in a food production factory |
| title_sort | risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorders by qec method in a food production factory |
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