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A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study

Construction workers undertake demanding physical work and face high risk of injuries in poor working environments. This case-control study investigated the extent of their musculoskeletal pain incidence at work. A total of 2021 construction workers in different trades were interviewed on-site in a...

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Autores principales: Chung, Joanne W.Y., So, Henry C.F., Yan, Vincent C.M., Kwok, Phoebe S.T., Wong, Bonny Y.M., Yang, Jackie Y., Chan, Albert P.C.
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31003525
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081404
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author Chung, Joanne W.Y.
So, Henry C.F.
Yan, Vincent C.M.
Kwok, Phoebe S.T.
Wong, Bonny Y.M.
Yang, Jackie Y.
Chan, Albert P.C.
author_facet Chung, Joanne W.Y.
So, Henry C.F.
Yan, Vincent C.M.
Kwok, Phoebe S.T.
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description Construction workers undertake demanding physical work and face high risk of injuries in poor working environments. This case-control study investigated the extent of their musculoskeletal pain incidence at work. A total of 2021 construction workers in different trades were interviewed on-site in a survey from December 2017 to December 2018. The survey results revealed that the pain prevalence of the subjects in the last 24 h was 10.6 %. The worst and top most common pain spots caused by work were central lower back, left/right shoulders, and knees. Regarding pain management, their most common method was to ignore the pain (21.4%). The average percentage of pain relief after receiving treatment in the 24 h was 37.12%. Besides, significant differences were found between the pain and non-pain groups regarding their employment duration in current job or their average sleep duration in the 24 h. The study showed that those with multiple and bilateral pain sites had pain interference on their living activities.
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spelling pubmed-65178962019-05-31 A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study Chung, Joanne W.Y. So, Henry C.F. Yan, Vincent C.M. Kwok, Phoebe S.T. Wong, Bonny Y.M. Yang, Jackie Y. Chan, Albert P.C. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Construction workers undertake demanding physical work and face high risk of injuries in poor working environments. This case-control study investigated the extent of their musculoskeletal pain incidence at work. A total of 2021 construction workers in different trades were interviewed on-site in a survey from December 2017 to December 2018. The survey results revealed that the pain prevalence of the subjects in the last 24 h was 10.6 %. The worst and top most common pain spots caused by work were central lower back, left/right shoulders, and knees. Regarding pain management, their most common method was to ignore the pain (21.4%). The average percentage of pain relief after receiving treatment in the 24 h was 37.12%. Besides, significant differences were found between the pain and non-pain groups regarding their employment duration in current job or their average sleep duration in the 24 h. The study showed that those with multiple and bilateral pain sites had pain interference on their living activities. MDPI 2019-04-18 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6517896/ /pubmed/31003525 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081404 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chan, Albert P.C.
A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study
title A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study
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title_fullStr A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31003525
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081404
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