The Effect of Health Promotion Program on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Workers at Wood products Factory in Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

          A quasi-experimental study was conducted at wood products factory in Chiang Mai to determine the effect of Health Promotion Program on work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers. The study period started from July 2007 – June 2008 and 42 subjects with work-related musculoskeletal disorders participated with this study. The Health Promotion Program included knowledge for prevention on work-related musculoskeletal disorders, the activities of stretching exercise during working, the assess of work postures by RULA technique and the workstation improvement. The results of the study were: the mean score of knowledge for prevention on work-related musculoskeletal disorders, the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and the RULA scores, they all had significant difference (p-value < 0.05). The results of the study indicated that this health promotion program can reduced work-related musculoskeletal risk.