Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Female Working in Sitting and Standing Work Posture of Garment Workers in Galan City, Oromia ,Ethiopia,2021
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2021-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the serious health problems that frequently occur in workplaces. Female workers are engaged more dominantly in garment factories and highly affected in musculoskeletal disorder.
The problem was frequently reported in the growing textile industries of developing countries especially among the garment workers. The magnitude and associated factor of work-related musculoskeletal disorder of female garment workers who worked in a prolonged sitting and standing work posture was not adequately investigated in Ethiopia.
Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors with work-related musculoskeletal disorder among females working in sitting and standing work posture of the garment Galan city, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 1, 2021 to 30, 2021 among 410 female garment workers selected from factories located at Galan city, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Four data collectors and one supervisor were involved in data collection. A pre-tested standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaire was implemented by the interviewer-administered for data collection. A simple random sampling method was used to recruit study participants from the selected garments. Data was entered into EPI info version 7, analyzed, and cleaned by using SPSS version 23. Frequency tables, graphs, and descriptive summaries were produced to describe the study variables.A model fitness, collinearity test, and multiple logistic regression of variables were done. Independent variables with a p-value less than 0.05 under 95% CI were considered as having a significant association with the dependent variable.
Result: The overall prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders during the last one year was 64% with 95% C.I: (59, 68). Lower back is the most commonly affected body region (51%), followed by neck (43%) and shoulder (38%). Factors such as always repetitive work [AOR: 2.6, 95% CI (1.1- 5.2)] , working hour per week [AOR: 2.9, 95% CI (1.8-3.4)] ,Always high loaded work [AOR: 2.4, 95% CI (1.1-4.0)], sitting work posture [AOR: 1.8, 95% CI (1.1-3.0)] , ages above 29 years[AOR: 2.8, 95% CI (1.1-7.9)] , service above 10 years [AOR: 3.0, 95% CI (1.4-4.8)], other than garment work of doing home activities [AOR: 2.8, 95% CI (1.4-4.6)] , alcohol drinking behavior [AOR: 3.5, 95% CI (1.2-9.6)], ,job stress[AOR: 2.8, 95% CI (1.3-4.5)] and job satisfaction [AOR: 2.9, 95% CI (1.3-6.3)] were significantly associated with musculoskeletal disorder.Conclusion: A higher prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorder is reported, about two-third of female garment workers had been suffering. Personal and work-related factors are significantly associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Therefore, it should be use work rotation, to decrease repetitive and high loaded work exposure, give attention to health and safety rules of ergonomics issues.
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Female Garment Workers, Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder, Working Posture