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A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998

A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among workers of Dunham Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor. A total of 145 workers participated in the study by self administered questionnaire. It was found from this study that the preval...

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Main Authors: Jasbeer Singh,, Noor Hassim Ismail,
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Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
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spelling my-ukm.journal.45662016-12-14T06:36:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4566/ A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998 Jasbeer Singh, Noor Hassim Ismail, A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among workers of Dunham Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor. A total of 145 workers participated in the study by self administered questionnaire. It was found from this study that the prevalence of low back pain among workers was 42.1%. Majority of the workers who complained of low back pain were Malays 54.4%. There was a statistical difference of low back pain between Malays and non Malay workers, (P<0.05). Among the workers who had low back pain a total of 42.2%, works overtime always, and a total of 45.7% works overtime sometimes. However there was no significant relationship between prevalence of low back pain and age and also length of service (P>0.05). A total of 79.0% of workers who had low back pain are in the opinion that the low back pain is due to factors related to work. Components of physical disturbance such as shoulder pain, difficulty in breathing, giddiness and other musculoskeletal pain increased, compared before and after work. Time motion studies revealed that workers stand 38.4% , bend their body 34.2%, and only sits (8.3%), through out working hours. Time budget studies of workers shows, workers work about 11 hours 30 minutes per day. Tasks performed by workers that can cause low back pain were identified and suggestions to reduced and prevent were discussed. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4566/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf Jasbeer Singh, and Noor Hassim Ismail, (2006) A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=187&issue=Vol12(1):2006
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description A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among workers of Dunham Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor. A total of 145 workers participated in the study by self administered questionnaire. It was found from this study that the prevalence of low back pain among workers was 42.1%. Majority of the workers who complained of low back pain were Malays 54.4%. There was a statistical difference of low back pain between Malays and non Malay workers, (P<0.05). Among the workers who had low back pain a total of 42.2%, works overtime always, and a total of 45.7% works overtime sometimes. However there was no significant relationship between prevalence of low back pain and age and also length of service (P>0.05). A total of 79.0% of workers who had low back pain are in the opinion that the low back pain is due to factors related to work. Components of physical disturbance such as shoulder pain, difficulty in breathing, giddiness and other musculoskeletal pain increased, compared before and after work. Time motion studies revealed that workers stand 38.4% , bend their body 34.2%, and only sits (8.3%), through out working hours. Time budget studies of workers shows, workers work about 11 hours 30 minutes per day. Tasks performed by workers that can cause low back pain were identified and suggestions to reduced and prevent were discussed.
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A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
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Noor Hassim Ismail,
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title A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
title_short A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
title_full A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
title_fullStr A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
title_full_unstemmed A study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn. Bhd. Kajang Selangor, 1998
title_sort study of prevalence of low back pain among workers of dunham-bush industries sdn. bhd. kajang selangor, 1998
publisher Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2006
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4566/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf
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