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abstractWork
related musculoskeletal disorders among administrators in a Nigerian
university Ojoawo Adesola O1, Oni Michael1, Popoola O2 1Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. Nigeria 2Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. Nigeria
Abstract
The aim of
this study was to carry out a survey of musculoskeletal disorders
(MSKDS) and its effect on daily activities of administrators in a
Nigerian university. Material and Method. Seventy eight (41
males and 37 females) administrators participated in this study.
Respondent were selected by purposive sampling at different section of
administrative department such as senate, division of student affairs,
faculty offices and the university library. Modified questionnaire on
pattern of musculoskeletal pain and injury among bankers was adopted
for the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential
statistics. Results. Result shows that low back pain
(48.5%) was the most common complaint among administrators, followed by
bilateral knee (13.6%) and right hand (10.6%). These were followed by
head pain (7.6%), left hand pain (7.6%), neck pain 6.1%), and pain in
the interior body (6.1%). It was found that most of the causes of
musculoskeletal injury were due to poor knowledge of practicing
techniques (66.7%) and inadequate space (69.6%). In
addition, prolonged sitting (59.1%) is a major predisposing factor to
MSKDS while other activity such as driving (1.5%), lifting (4.5%),
standing (7.6%) and walking (9.1%) contributed the least among the
causes of MSKDS. There was a significant association between nature of
MSKDS and rate of recurrence but there was no significant association
between MSKDS and years of experience. Conclusion. It could
be concluded from the study that the most prevalent musculoskeletal
pain among administrator is low back pain due to prolong sitting but
this does not affect the activities in office and the longer the pain
the more tendency for its reoccurrence.
Key
words:low back pain, neck pain, administrators, punctuality, musculoskeletal
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