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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2021.01.012

Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers  

Park, Sungjin (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cheonan Medical Center)
Lee, Jongin (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St.Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, June-Hee (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
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Safety and Health at Work / v.12, no.2, 2021 , pp. 225-229 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: The socioeconomic burden of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is significant, and kitchen work is a high-risk occupation for MSDs due to the intensive manual workload and repetitive movements that are involved. However, there are very few studies on MSDs and rest breaks as a workplace intervention among kitchen workers. This study examined the relationship between insufficient rest breaks and increased MSD risk among Korean kitchen workers. Methods: Sociodemographic and occupational factors of 1,909 kitchen workers were collected from the 3rd-4th Korean Working Conditions Survey data. Five items on rest breaks at work were categorized into two groups, "sufficient" and "insufficient." The number of MSDs and work-related MSDs (WMSDs), an outcome variable, was obtained from the sum of MSDs/WMSDs in three anatomical sites (back, neck, and upper limb, lower limb). The association between rest breaks and MSDs was estimated using zeroinflated negative binomial analyses, with adjustments for age, education level, and weekly working hours, and the analyses were stratified by sex. Results: After adjustment, significant associations were found between insufficient rest breaks and an increased risk of MSDs (odds ratio [OR] 1.68 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11-2.54) and WMSDs (OR 1.40 95% CI 1.01-1.96) among female kitchen workers. Insufficient rest breaks were significantly associated with MSDs in female kitchen workers in all three anatomical sites. Conclusion: This study emphasizes the need for rest breaks as a workplace intervention for preventing MSDs in kitchen workers. Further studies to reveal the causality of this relationship are required.
Keywords
Manual workers; Musculoskeletal disease; Restaurant cooks; Supplementary breaks; Workplace intervention;
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