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Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among staffs in specialized healthcare centre

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ibrahim, Nurul Ikhmar | Mohanadas, Devinthiran

Affiliations: School of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia

Note: [] Corresponding author. Nurul Ikhmar Ibrahim, School of Manufacturing Engineering, Main Campus Pauh Putra, University of Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. E-mail: ikhmar@unimap.edu.my, Tel. no. +6049885086, Fax no. +6049885034

Keywords: prevalence, MSD, healthcare professionals, psychosocial

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0480-2452

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 2452-2460, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate pervasiveness of the musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) among staffs in a specialized healthcare centre. Sixty-eight staffs from three departments namely Cardiovascular Lab (CVL), Nuclear Radiology, and General Radiography were recruited in this study. A modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was distributed among study population. The result shows that the prevalence of MSD was highest in lower back (88.2%), neck (76.5%) and shoulder (60.3%) for the past 12 months followed by lower back and elbow (44.1%), and wrist (39.1%) correspondingly, for the past 7 days. Present results suggest that healthcare professionals – radiographers, patient assistants and nurses incurs MSD risks through work tasks as well as psychosocial factors. These include awkward posture during patient handling, workload, work stress and time pressure. Therefore, an ergonomics improvement on the job design and workspace are needed in order to reduce the MSD risks.

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