Year: 2024 | Month: April | Volume: 14 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 500-505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240462
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain Amongst Sweepers of Pune Region
Vedanti Nilesh Walchale1, Dr. Amruta Khilwani2, Dr. Albin Jerome3
1Physiotherapist, St. Andrew’s College Of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
2Assistant Professor, St. Andrew’s College Of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
3Principal, St. Andrew’s College Of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
Corresponding Author: Vedanti Nilesh Walchale
ABSTRACT
Musculoskeletal pain related to work has been a major public health concern in recent years. Work related MSK pain is a common issue that affect many individuals and has been increasing day by day. Sweepers have an important role in our society as they keep our surroundings clean. In india very few studies had been carried out to assess prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers. Therefore, to identify the prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers, the present research has been undertaken. For this purpose, observational study was carried out on 187 sweepers including both female and male from hospitals, roads and footpaths of Pune region. Modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire was used to collect the MSK pain related information. The results showed that MSK pain amongst sweepers was high with majority of female sweepers complaining of body pain mostly in low back and shoulder region. It was observed that out of 187 participants, 166 (88.8%) samples found to have Musculoskeletal Pain in different body regions and 21 (11.2%) were not experiencing Musculoskeletal Pain. The high prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers was in lower back 50.27% and shoulder region 27.27% followed by 19.25% in ankles/feet, 12.30% in knees, 12% in neck, 10.70% in wrists/hands, 8.02% in upper back, 5.35% in elbows, 4.81% in hips/thighs. Results drawn from statistical inferences showed that there is significant relationship between MSK pain and years of work experiences in sweeping job. Thus it can be concluded that since sweepers experienced MSK pain, to address this some major and important guidelines, targeted interventions to improve the design of working tools including patient education and ergonomics has to be implemented to minimize their problems.
Key words: Musculoskeletal pain, Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, pain, sweepers, repetitive movement.