The condition of musculoskeletal pain, risk of chronic musculoskeletal disorders of female workers in sewing line and work-related factors: Tien Thuan garment industry Ltd, co. Ninh Thuan province, 2017.

Nguyen Minh Hieu1*, Nguyen Thuy Quynh2

1Center for Disease control center of Ninh Thuan province

2Hanoi University of Public Health

 

Objective: The research aims to describe the situation of musculoskeletal pain, risk of chronic musculoskeletal disorders and work-related factors in female sewing machine operator in Tien Thuan garment industry LTD.CO in 2017.

Methods: A cross-sectional research was conducted among 932 female workers in sewing line using the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire.

Results: Regions with most reported musculoskeletal pain were low back (44.1%), shoulders (41.1%), neck (34.2%), upper back (24.6%) and hands and legs (11.9%) respectively. Most participants reported pain in 1 body site (54.4%), two sites (17.9) and only 2.7% of them experienced pain in all investigated body site. 91.6% cases had msd pain in at least 1 body site in the previous 12 months. More than 90% had low risk of chronic MSDs pain and only 6.8 % high and moderate risk. Adjustable desk (OR=0.35) and chair (OR=0.45), the frequent heat exposure at work (OR=4.4), frequent work postures were bent over (OR=2.5), with the risk of chronic musculoskeletal disorders pain.

Conclusions: Risk of chronic MSDs pain: high risk 0.5%, moderate risk 6.3%, low risk 93.2%. Factors of adjustable desk and chair, the frequent heat exposure at work, frequent work postures were related with the risk of chronic MSDs pain.

Keywords: risk musculoskeletal disorders, garment industry, female operator sewing machine

*Corresponding author: Nguyen Minh Hieu

Work place: Center for Disease control center of Ninh Thuan province

Email: mph19tnnmh@studenthuph.edu.vn

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