Investigation of Prevalence Rate of Musculoskeletal Pain among Teachers in Markazi Province, Iran (Case Study: Male and Female Teacher’s City of Delijan)
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Ghorbanali Mohammadi, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran.
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Mohammadreza Marjani, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran.
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Payam Mohammadi, Petroleum Engineering FKT Department, University of Malaysia, Malaysia.
Musculoskeletal disorders a major part of the job that they have expanded over the past decade. Detailed statistics of the incidence of this disease among the teachers there were for the purpose of this study is an estimate of the incidence rate of musculoskeletal disorders among teachers of Markazi province. In this study, a questionnaire based on information the amount of pain in the days or weeks, skeletal pain, and pain in the area of influence secretaries working in pain be used. This questionnaire dispense among teachers 110 (men 55 and women 55). Data analysis is SPSS software (Version 20) semesters. Frequency of skeletal and muscular discomfort among male teachers is right shoulder (81/9%), right wrists (80%), neck (78.2%), the upper and lower back (71/5%). Frequency of skeletal and muscular discomfort among female teachers is neck (85/5%), the upper back (80%), the right shoulder (69%) and right wrist (68.6%). They are highest prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort. It is also a significant correlation between the amount of pain in the neck, right shoulder, right wrist and forearm upper and right lower back with increasing age (P < 0.05). The findings indicate that the area would have been more upset with the employment of a teacher communicate so should pay special attention to the functions of the editor and the condition of tools and working environment and prevent the incidence of this disease that reduces health and physical health are of great size, the teachers community.
Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain, Discomfort, Teachers, Ergonomics
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