Body awareness and postural habit and prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disoders among the lecturers who work from home

WAN BAHARUDDIN, WAN NURUL (2021) Body awareness and postural habit and prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disoders among the lecturers who work from home. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSDs) has been known as one of the well-known occupational disease among the workers and the prevalence among the workers in education sector is particularly high. Unfortunately in Malaysia, there is less research in this topic among the lecturers. Objective: This study aim to identify the association between body postural habits and prevalence of MSDs among lecturers who work from home. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done in local universities, and online questionnaire has been distributed on Mac until June 2021. The questionnaire consist of 4 section which is socio-demographic, work characteristics, body postural habits and standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. One-hundred-and-sixty-one lecturers participated in this study and majority of the respondent were female. Result: More than a half of the respondents had between 11 and 20 years of employment duration (54.7%), followed by 1-10 years (41.0%) and 21-30 years (4.3%) of employment. While the 12-months prevalence of MSDs symptoms among the lecturers was reported at the neck, shoulders, upper back, Elbows, knees, wrist/hands and lower back. The risk-related factors that show a significant with of MSDs on any body parts were age, BMI, teaching experience, standing hours, sport activity and body postural habit with p<0.05. Which for the neck the significant factor were BMI (p=0.027), standing hours (p=0.025) and sport activity (0.032). While for the shoulder, the significant factor were BMI (p=0.001), teaching experience (p=0.001) and body postural habits (p=0.001). As for the upper back, the significant risk factor were BMI (p=0.001), teaching experience (p=0.005) and body postural habits (p=0.002). Elbow and wrist/hand were significant with body postural habits with p<0.001 and p=0.011. Meanwhile, for knee and ankle/feet show a significant with BMI (p=0.001 and p=0.006). The factor that significant with the lower back were only age with p=0.016. Conclusion: In conclusion, there’s an association between MSDs symptoms with age, BMI, teaching experiences, standing hours, sports activity and body postural habits. It is suggested that the need for more study for work-related diseases in education sectors to improve and reduce risk that may increase if there is no early action were taken. Keywords: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Body Postural Habits, Lecturers, Work from Home

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:51
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:51
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1038

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