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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl)

Occup Med Health Aff, an open access journal

ISSN:2329-6879

Occupational Health-2017

September 13-14, 2017

September 13-14, 2017 | Dallas, USA

Occupational Health & Safety

International Conference and Exhibition on

Occup Med Health Aff 2017, 5:3 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879-C1-035

Prevalenceofmusculoskeletal disorderandassociated factors among theweavingworkers inBangladesh

M H Faruquee, Palash Chandra Saha, Rabeya Yasmin, Shanta Dutta

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Sk Akhtar Ahmad

Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh

Statement of the Problem:

Handloom is an important cottage industry in Bangladesh and of largest economic sector after agriculture.

About more than 1.5 million people are directly and indirectly involved for their livelihood. Handloom is a device, which is made

of wood and of iron (some portion) and used to produce woven fabric run by hand and foot combination. During the weaving

operation handloom workers adopt awkward postures, which is one of the most important factor of their poor working efficiency

and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to find out the prevalence of musculoskeletal

disorders and associated factors among weaving workers in Bangladesh. A total of 196 workers participated in this study. A modified

Nordic questionnaire was used for data collection. All the respondents were male with mean age 34.68±9.24 years. The respondents

were found working on an average 6.10±1.12 hours a day. Their average monthly income was BDT 4938.77± 1247.16. Majority (23.5%)

of the respondents had mean professional experience 15.73±9.31years. All the participants (100%) were suffered from different types

of musculoskeletal disorder on their different body parts. The musculoskeletal disorder was more common in neck (18.4%), wrist

(39.3%), upper back (1.5%), lower back (8.7%), hip (54.1%), knee (6.6%) and ankle (18.9%). Beyond the working time suffered pain in

neck (100%), wrist (100%), lower back (100%), knee (100%), ankle (100%), upper back (33.3%) and hip (98.1%). Severity of pain was

reported moderate type by 94.4% in neck, 92.3% in knee, 88.2% in lower back, 75.3% in wrist and severe in hip by 47.1% respondents

About 99.5% of total respondents should work in sitting posture (mean 4.71±0.66 hours) with repetitive movements with hands.

Conclusion:

Weavingworkerscouldn’tmaintainproperergonomicspostureandmostofthemwerefoundtosufferfrommusculoskeletal

disorder. Practice of range-of-motion exercises and stretching and using seat with adjustable back rest are recommended.