Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among production line workers

MOHAMAD NOR’AINI, NURUL ADILA (2021) Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among production line workers. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one of the most often reported occupational diseases, with a rising pattern of exposure from manufacturing sector as the workers were exposed to ergonomics risk factor that contribute to development to MSD. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) survey gather information on what workers know, what workers think, and what workers done in MSD prevention to discover misconceptions or misunderstandings that might act as barriers to implement desired activities or interventions. Objective: This study aimed to measure the level of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on prevention of MSD among the respondents and its association with prevalence of MSD. Methodology: Cross-sectional study was conducted on production line workers at a manufacturing company in Bangi, Selangor. A total of 138 production line workers were enrolled in this study and were required to answer a set of questionnaires adapted from previous study consisting of three sections to assess the level of KAP on prevention of MSD. Then, the data analysis was performed by using SPSS version 25 for descriptive and bivariate analysis. Result and Discussion: The result showed that the prevalence of MSD among the production line workers in any body parts is high (88.4%), low back pain reported the highest (79.0%) whereas left thigh pain reported less prevalent of MSD (35.5%) among participants. Also, the results showed majority of the participants have a moderate level of KAP which was 77%, 57% and 68% respectively. Attitude on prevention of MSD was significantly associated with education level (p=0.004). The level of KAP also significantly associated with the prevalence of MSD (χ2=5.345, p=0.038 for knowledge, χ2=7.715, p=0.017 for attitude and χ2=7.496, p=0.020 for practice). Conclusion: These findings indicated that KAP of the production workers are important to tackle occupational disease includes MSD. The level of KAP was significantly affecting prevalence of MSD. This study concludes that training and seminar on ergonomics should be conducted in the organization to increase the level of KAP of the workers. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, practices, prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, production line workers

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:47
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:47
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/968

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