Prevalences and factors Associated with Neck pain, Shoulder pain and Upper limb pain among Sunprasitthiprasong office worker personnel
Abstract
Objective: To study the prevalence of Neck pain, Shoulder pain and Upper limb pain among Sunprasitthiprasong office worker personnel and possible correlations between this pain and personnel factors
Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study
Setting: Sunprasitthiprasong Hospital Ubonratchatani
Method: The sample office worker personnel received a questionnaire including general demographic data, lifestyles, characteristics of work and details of Neck pain, Shoulder pain and Upper limb pain and its impact on daily activities. The data were then analyzed.
Result: The total number of office worker personnel who completed the questionnaire were 320 ( 95 males and 225 females). Mean age was 40.6 ±10.3 years. The prevalence of Neck pain, Shoulder pain and Upper limb pain was 302 (94.4%). The intensity of pain was evaluated by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and classified in 3 group; 110 office worker personnel (34.4%) were having mild pain (0 < VAS <3), 93 office worker personnel (29.1%) were having moderate pain (3 ≤ VAS <5), 99 office worker personnel (30.9%) were having severe pain (5 ≤ VAS ≤10). The highest prevalence of the tender points was 58.8% in neck area. Risk factors significantly associated with computer user, the duration of using computer and the continuation of using computer.
(P value = 0.001, P value = 0.001 and P value = 0.001respectively)
Keywords: Neck and shoulder pain, Risk factors, Office worker
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