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Control Number311819
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20150706094339.AM
General Information150706s |||||||||b ||00|||
Cataloging SourceSTII-DOST
Local Call NumberScienceDirect
Main Entry - Personal NameDouwes, Jeroen
 Soo Cheng
 Mannetje, Andrea 't
 Eng, Amanda
 Devereux, Jason
 Stevenson, Mark
 Legg, Stephen
 Widanarko, Baiduri
 Ellison-Loschmann, Lis
 McLean, Dave
 Pearce, Neil
Title StatementPrevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in relation to gender, age, and occupational/industrial group by Baiduri Widanarko and 10 others
Physical Descriptionpages 561-572 computer file; text; 877kb
Summary, Etc.Although musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) are common worldwide, little is known about its prevalence amongst the working population in relation to gender, age, and occupational/industrial group. This paper describes the prevalence of MSS in a sample of 3003 men and women aged 20–64 randomly selected from the New Zealand Electoral Roll. MSS experienced during the previous 12 months in 10 body regions was assessed in telephone interviews using a modified version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). MSS prevalence was 92% (for any body region). The highest prevalence was for low back (54%), neck (43%), and shoulders (42%). Females reported a statistically significantly higher prevalence of MSS in the neck, shoulders, wrist/hands, upper back and hips/thighs/buttocks regions compared to males while males reported more symptoms of the elbows, low back and knees. There were no statistically significant differences in prevalence among age groups. In general, participants with heavy physical workloads had significantly higher prevalence of symptoms in most body regions than those with light physical workloads although women with light physical workloads reported more neck symptoms. The study indicates that the New Zealand working population has a high prevalence of MSS and that exposure in the workplace plays a role. Relevance to industry: The findings of this study imply that efforts to reduce MSS in the workplace should focus on females and employees with high physical workloads.04
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermHealth and wellness04
 Public health04
 Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)04
 Musculoskeletal disorders
LocationDOST STII ScienceDirect NONPRINTS NP 14-15751 1 14-15751 Online/Download 2012-01-12
  
     
 
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