Prevention and Treatment of Office Syndrome of Royal Thai Air Force Personnel with Holistic Approach

Abstract

Abstract
Office syndrome is common in people who work in the same position for a long time or who sit in the wrong position. It is mostly accompanied by pain, tightness, muscle fatigue in the neck, shoulder area, or possibly autonomic symptoms such as sweating, cold, pale skin. For Royal Thai Air Force personnel who have a history of sitting at desks several hours a day. There is a chance of pain in the muscles at neck, shoulder area due to office syndrome. This is one of the silent threats that spoil the quality of daily life of Royal Thai Air Force personnel, such as insomnia, stress, anxiety, and some have to see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment of pain. Causing a waste of time to perform or may need to ask permission to take sick leave due to severe pain inability to perform work.
This research focuses on studying the causes of the occurrence of office syndrome. Guidelines for prevention and self-care in the first place before seeing a doctor. By studying information from both primary and secondary sources. To analyze the holistic approach to prevention and treatment of office syndrome of the Royal Thai Air Force personnel with emphasis on the physical and mental health of all the Royal Thai Air Force personnel.
The results of the study found that prevention of Royal Thai Air Force personnel's office syndrome was the most important thing. By learning to perform the job properly, arrange tables and chairs according to individual body anatomy, get up to change posture often every 1 hour, do muscle stretching and exercise properly. They should learn the basic pain management guidelines before seeing the doctor. If Royal Thai Air Force personnel are able to holistically prevent and treat office syndrome with a focus on both the physical and the mental, it will be the essential thing in everyday life.
The conclusions from including references from research documents as comments, suggestions for action, or a manual for the operations of Royal Thai Air Force personnel in their work, and to extend it to other personnel outside Royal Thai Air Force who have to sit for a long time or sit in the wrong position according to the 20-year National Strategy (Public Health) will make the quality of life of Thai people even better.Keywords: Autonomic symptoms, Holistic approach, the 20-year National Strategic Plan (Public Health)