Assessment of standing duration and its association with musculoskeletal discomforts among food handlers at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya.

BONGLI, CATHY (2021) Assessment of standing duration and its association with musculoskeletal discomforts among food handlers at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Standing for a long period is one of the bad ergonomics in the workplace. Nevertheless, there were occupational sectors that require the workers to stand for a longer period while completing their job tasks, for example, people who work as food handlers. This group of workers was responsible for cooking, preparing, serving, packing, displaying, and storing food. As most of these job tasks require them to stand for long periods which the tendency of them to develop musculoskeletal discomforts is undeniable. Objective: Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess standing duration and its association with musculoskeletal discomforts among food handlers at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya. Methodology: This study was conducted among food handlers which selected randomly from food and beverage outlets under the category café and restaurant at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya. A total of 127 respondents participated in this study. A link with a QR code for self-administered online questionnaire and questionnaire papers was pass to the manager or assigned responsible person for each selected food outlet. The questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demographic information, risk factors of musculoskeletal discomforts and modified CMDQ was used to obtain data on musculoskeletal discomforts at 9 body parts. All data obtained were analyzed by using SPSS Version 25. Results and Discussion: High prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal discomforts in any body parts among study participants during the past seven days with overall prevalence reported was 81.9 %. Most of the participants experienced foot discomfort (67.71%) followed by lower back (13.75%) and lower leg (13.61%). In this study there was an association between standing duration with musculoskeletal discomforts (ꭓ² =8.785, p=0.032) among the participants. This study also found a statistically significant association between the type of footwear used during standing position with musculoskeletal discomfort (ꭓ² = 7.943, p=0.005) among food handlers at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya. Conclusion: This study found that prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal discomforts is common among participants with high prevalence of foot pain and total of standing duration with type of shoes used was associated to this reported prevalence. Keywords: standing duration, musculoskeletal discomforts, food handlers, type of footwear, prevalence

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:40
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:40
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/969

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