Work related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Housewives: Ergonomic issues

Abstract

In this paper, an extensive survey for research to analyse reasons of musculoskeletal complaints among housewives was conducted. The objectives of the research were to explore the musculoskeletal disorders which housewives face as an effect of their daily household activities, to identify the age and percentage of housewives affected and to identify the commonly involved reasons. These were achieved by collecting the data of 150 housewives (sample size) through a questionnaire designed by authors based Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire which was circulated among the housewives. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis which focused on bar charts, pie charts and tables. From the collected sample size about 88% of housewives suffered from musculoskeletal complaints. And the most commonly affected age groups were 31-40 and 41-50 years. The most affected body part was the Lower back (57%).