Abstract

LOPEZ-HERRERA, José Fernando; HURTADO-CRISTANCHO, José Luis  and  TAUTIVA-LONDONO, María Paula. Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and associated factors in operators of a company of soft papers. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.2, pp.10-13. ISSN 0122-0667.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in workers of the company Cartones y Papeles de Risaralda. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was developed to describe the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and associated factors in 103 workers in 2016. For the identification of symptoms was used the Nordic questionnaire, as well as information related to factors such as age, weight, height, time on the job and body mass index. SPSS statistical program was used to find statistically significant differences between variables such as BMI, time at work, gender, musculoskeletal symptoms and work area. Results: 64% of the surveyed operators reported musculoskeletal complaints. The highest prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms is reported for the knees (25.2%), followed by right wrist/hand (22.3%) and lower back (19.4%); the area with less presence of symptoms was left elbow/forearm (2.9%). Discussion: The presence of musculoskeletal symptoms in operators of manufacture of soft papers is relatively lower to that shown in other workers, especially in relation to the presence of low back pain. The work area appears to influence the presence of discomfort in regions such as the right wrist/hand, finding a significant association by Chi Square test. There seems to be no association between BMI and time on the job with symptoms of musculoskeletal pain.

Keywords : Musculoskeletal Pain; Operators; Risk Factors.

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