The relationship between musculoskeletal disorders, stress and fatigue in the food industry employees

Bolghanabadi, Somayeh; Dehghan, habibollah; Mehdi Pour,

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Bolghanabadi S, Dehghan H, Mehdi Pour. The relationship between musculoskeletal disorders, stress and fatigue in the food industry employees. Iran J Ergon 2014; 2 (1) :54-63
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The relationship between musculoskeletal disorders, stress and fatigue in the food industry employees

Somayeh Bolghanabadi

, Habibollah Dehghan ^*

¹, Mehdi Pour

1- Department of occupational Health Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , ha_dehghan@hlth.mui.ac.ir

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Introduction: The development of the industry has led to an increased incidence of muscle-skeletal disorders. The disorders increased caused by factors such as type of job, repetition of work, intensity and duration of the work. Food industries, including industries that are doing the type of job that involves repetitive movements, this study examined was conducted the role of stress and other psychosocial factors on musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: The present cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in different organs and factors affecting food production was one of the workers. According to a random sample of 215 workers were studied with an average age of 39 years. To evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was used of the Nordic questionnaire, also for of occupational stress was used OSIPOW questionnaire the data obtained are analyzed by SPSS 16 software and processing of data with the descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test. Results: The results showed that the study population in the past 12 months the most common symptoms of lower back 69.8%. We were founded between stress and musculoskeletal discomfort in the neck, shoulder, wrist, upper back, a significant relationship (P<0.05). We were founded between smoking and low back pain (P <0.05), shoulder pain (P = 0.023), leg pain (P = 0.008) statistical test significant. As well as we were found between the average working hours per day and work experience, with musculoskeletal symptoms, fatigue, and BMI also a significant relationship. Conclusions: The results obtained in this study shows that job stress, work experience, BMI, the number of working hours and fatigue is considered a risk factor for upper extremity musculoskeletal disorder.

Keywords: Musculoskeletal disorders, Nordic questionnaire, stress, fatigue

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Other Cases
Received: 2014/01/16 | Accepted: 2014/06/14 | ePublished: 2014/06/16