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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.9.4025

Musculoskeletal Disorder Symptoms and Related Factors among Male Workers in Small-scale Manufacturing Industries  

Lee, Seung-Hyun (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chungnam National University)
Lee, Ju-Yeon (Department of Medical Beauty, Konyang University)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.9, 2012 , pp. 4025-4035 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to determine the musculoskeletal symptoms and its association with sociodemographic and health related characteristics, job-related characteristics and occupational stress among manufacturing workers. The self-administered questionnaires were given to 856 male workers in randomly selected 62 work places with 50 or less employees in manufacturing industries during the period from October 1st, 2011 to November 30th, 2011. Complaint rates of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms was 82%. In logistic regression analysis, significant factors related with musculoskeletal symptoms were marital status, BMI, subjective health status, alcohol drinking, job position, job tenure, experience of sick absence and visiting out-patient department. In conclusion, the study results suggested that the complain rates of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms of workers in work places of manufacturing industries with 50 or less employees were higher than workers in a large enterprise or the small and medium enterprises and it was related with sociodemographic and health related characteristics, job-related characteristics and occupational stress.
Keywords
Manufacturing industry; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Male worker;
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