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Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India
CONTEXT: Musculoskeletal pain is common among tea leaf pluckers and is attributed to the load they carry, long working hours, the terrain, and insufficient job rotations. As a result of this, their health and work capacity are affected. AIMS: To assess the prevalence, patterns, and factors associate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957816 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.173992 |
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author | Vasanth, Deepthi Ramesh, Naveen Fathima, Farah Naaz Fernandez, Ria Jennifer, Steffi Joseph, Bobby |
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description | CONTEXT: Musculoskeletal pain is common among tea leaf pluckers and is attributed to the load they carry, long working hours, the terrain, and insufficient job rotations. As a result of this, their health and work capacity are affected. AIMS: To assess the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among pluckers in a tea plantation in Annamalai, Tamil Nadu, India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This cross-sectional study surveyed 195 pluckers selected by simple random sampling aged between 18 years and 60 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The interview schedule had four parts––sociodemographic detail, Standard Nordic Scale, numeric and facial pain rating tool, and a tool to assess factors associated with WRMDs. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. RESULTS: Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the last 12 months and the last 7 days was 83.6% and 78.5%, respectively. The most common site for last 1 year was shoulder (59%) and for last 7 days was the lower back (52.8%). Independent t-test revealed that the mean age of those with pain was 6.59 year more and mean years of employment was 1.38 years more among the workers with pain compared to workers without pain. Increasing morbidities among workers was also significantly associated with an increase in WRMDs on Chi-square test. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was high among tea pluckers and the most common site during the last 12 months and the last 7 days was the shoulder and lower back respectively was mild in character. Increase in age and duration of employment was associated with WRMDs. |
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spelling | pubmed-47652562016-03-08 Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India Vasanth, Deepthi Ramesh, Naveen Fathima, Farah Naaz Fernandez, Ria Jennifer, Steffi Joseph, Bobby Indian J Occup Environ Med Original Article CONTEXT: Musculoskeletal pain is common among tea leaf pluckers and is attributed to the load they carry, long working hours, the terrain, and insufficient job rotations. As a result of this, their health and work capacity are affected. AIMS: To assess the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among pluckers in a tea plantation in Annamalai, Tamil Nadu, India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This cross-sectional study surveyed 195 pluckers selected by simple random sampling aged between 18 years and 60 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The interview schedule had four parts––sociodemographic detail, Standard Nordic Scale, numeric and facial pain rating tool, and a tool to assess factors associated with WRMDs. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. RESULTS: Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the last 12 months and the last 7 days was 83.6% and 78.5%, respectively. The most common site for last 1 year was shoulder (59%) and for last 7 days was the lower back (52.8%). Independent t-test revealed that the mean age of those with pain was 6.59 year more and mean years of employment was 1.38 years more among the workers with pain compared to workers without pain. Increasing morbidities among workers was also significantly associated with an increase in WRMDs on Chi-square test. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was high among tea pluckers and the most common site during the last 12 months and the last 7 days was the shoulder and lower back respectively was mild in character. Increase in age and duration of employment was associated with WRMDs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4765256/ /pubmed/26957816 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.173992 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Vasanth, Deepthi Ramesh, Naveen Fathima, Farah Naaz Fernandez, Ria Jennifer, Steffi Joseph, Bobby Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title | Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title_full | Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title_fullStr | Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title_short | Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India |
title_sort | prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in tamil nadu, india |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957816 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.173992 |
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