A Survey Study of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Eye Care Physicians Compared with Family Medicine Physicians

Kitzmann, Anna S.; Fethke, Nathan B.; Baratz, Keith H.; Zimmerman, M. Bridget; Hackbarth, David J.; Gehrs, Karen M.

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.034

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“…Musculoskeletal pain is common among ophthalmologists and other eye care physicians (Chams et al 2004;Chatterjee et al 1994;Dhimitri et al 2005;Kitzmann et al 2012;Sivak-Callcott et al 2011). In particular, pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulder region is reported more frequently by eye care physicians than peers in other medical specialties (Kitzmann et al 2012).…”

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“…In particular, pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulder region is reported more frequently by eye care physicians than peers in other medical specialties (Kitzmann et al 2012). Consequences of this pain and physical discomfort include reduced working hours, regular pursuit of medical treatment, and job change (Long et al 2012a(Long et al , 2012b(Long et al , 2014.…”

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“…While the prevalence of the disorders was over 50% in specific body parts of the participants, the prevalence of pain and disorders was < 20% in most cases. Since the mean work experience of the subjects was almost low in this study, the chronic nature of these disorders may result in their higher prevalence with increased work experience in the future (40). Hence, stress reduction and posture correction may decrease the risk of musculoskeletal disorders and postpone their incidence.…”

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Job Stress and its Relationship with the Musculoskeletal Disorders among Office Workers of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Background and Purpose: Job stress is an important psychological factor. Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common causes of disability in industrialized and developing countries. Therefore, this study aimed to assess job stress and its relationship with the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in office workers of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Materials and Methods:A total of 234 office workers from Zahedan University of Medical Sciences were selected by census sampling. Data were collected using the Health and Safety Executive's Management Standards Indicator Tool and the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire. Pearson's correlation coefficients, independent t-test, analysis of variance, and chi-square tests were performed to analyze the data. Results:The mean age and work experience of the participants were 35.25 ± 8.37 and 9.20 ± 2.64 years, respectively. The mean stress scores of men and women were 95.6 ± 13.1 and 95.2 ± 14.8, respectively. Stress showed a significant relationship with pain intensity in the middle and lower back, shoulders, and wrists. It was also significantly related with the frequency of pain in the neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, (left) shoulder, and both wrists (P ≤ 0.050). Conclusion:There were significant relationships between stress and pain in different parts of the body among office workers. In fact, high levels of stress were associated with musculoskeletal disorders and pain in different limbs of the subjects. Hence, stress reduction programs should be implemented to control the levels of stress and the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among the studied workers.

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“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. According to the studies, most of the employees claim to have painful posture experience from neck, shoulder, lower back, upper limb, leg and etc.…”

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A study on the ergonomic assessment in the workplace

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White blood cell counting analysis of blood smear images using various segmentation strategies AIP Conference Proceedings 1883, 020018 (2017) Abstract:Ergonomics has gained attention and take into consideration by the workers in the different fields of works recently. It has given a huge impact on the workers comfort which directly affects the work efficiency and productivity. The workers have claimed to suffer from the painful postures and injuries in their workplace. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is the most common problem frequently reported by the workers. This problem occurs due to the lack of knowledge and alertness from the workers to the ergonomic in their surroundings. This paper intends to review the approaches and instruments used by the previous works of the researchers in the evaluation of the ergonomics. The two main assessment methods often used for ergonomic evaluation are Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). Popular devices are Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and Microsoft Kinect.

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A Survey Study of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Eye Care Physicians Compared with Family Medicine Physicians

Cited by 82 publications

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Neck and shoulder muscle activity among ophthalmologists during routine clinical examinations

Neck and shoulder muscle activity among ophthalmologists during routine clinical examinations

Job Stress and its Relationship with the Musculoskeletal Disorders among Office Workers of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

A study on the ergonomic assessment in the workplace

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