<p>Prevalence and Associated Factors of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Cleaners Working at Mekelle University, Ethiopia</p>

Abstract

Background Musculoskeletal disorder is a common cause of morbidity, disability, and poor quality-of-life. Its burden among cleaners in developed countries ranges from 56–90%. However, there are a lack of studies in developing countries, particularly in the study area. Thus, the result of this study will help to resolve health problems caused by musculoskeletal disorders among cleaners. Purpose The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and associated factors of musculoskeletal disorders among cleaners working at Mekelle University. Materials and Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 270 cleaners. Simple random sampling was used to select the study participants. Data were collected through interview using the standard Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and bivariate logistic regression were done to identify factors associated with musculoskeletal disorder. In bivariate logistic regression analysis, variables with a P -value<0.25 were modeled to multivariate analysis. Variables with a P -value≤0.05 with 95% confidence interval (CI) in multivariate model were taken as statistically significant. Finally, AOR with 95% CI at a P -value<0.05 was reported. Results This study found that the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among cleaners was 52.3% in the past 12 months and 31.8% in the last 7 days. Time pressure (AOR=3.25, 95% CI=1.08–9.77), work experience (AOR=2.49, 95% CI=1.12–5.52), feeling exhausted (AOR=2.68, 95% CI=1.16–6.20), working hours per day (AOR=3.55, 95% CI=1.54–8.20), awkward posture (AOR=15.71, 95% CI=6.47–38.17), and those who work more than 2 hours in sustaining position (AOR=8.05, 95% CI=2.25–28.85) showed a statistically significant association with musculoskeletal disorder. Conclusion Musculoskeletal disorders were commonly reported among cleaners working at Mekelle University. Time pressure, work experience, feeling exhausted, working hours per day, awkward posture, and working >2 hours in sustaining position were statistically significant in their association with musculoskeletal disorders.

Prevalence of Occupational Related Upper and Low Back Musculoskeletal Disorders in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…In this study, a total of 9,410 of the study participants regardless of their occupation categories, were included in 20 articles conducted in Ethiopia [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48].…”

“…In this study, a total of 9,410 participants were included in 20 articles conducted in Ethiopia and published from 2017 to 2020 [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]: 9 (45.0%) articles [30,32,38,39,41,43,44,47,48] conducted in Oromia, three (15%) in Tigray [31,36,45], three (15%) in SNNP [29,34,35], three (15%) articles in Addis Ababa [33,40,46], two (10%) articles in Amhara regional state. All included studies were cross-sectional studies with a sample size ranging from 264 [45] to 771 [40] study participants.…”

“…Among the included articles, 10(50%) [30,33,34,36,37,39,40,42,43,47] of the included articles were reported the prevalence of both low back pain and upper back pain, 9(45%) articles [29,31,32,35,41,[44][45][46]48] reported the prevalence of low back pain alone and 1(5%) [38] reported the prevalence of upper back pain alone. Furthermore, 8 (40%) included articles were published in 2020 [29,31,32,34,[44][45][46][47], followed by studies published in 2019 [36][37][38][41][42][43] that accounted 6(30%) of the included articles. Based on JBI Critical Appraisal tool [25], all of the included articles had a low risk of bias.…”

Prevalence of Occupational Related Shoulder and Neck Pain Among Working Population in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…In this study, a total of 4,713 participants were included in 11 articles conducted in Ethiopia and published from 2017 to 2020 [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Regarding the region of the country where the studies were conducted, 3 (27.27%) articles [28,30,33] conducted in Oromia, 3 (27.27%) articles [25,27,29] in Amhara, 2 (18.2%) articles [24,31] in Tigray, 2 (18.2%) in SNNP [23,26] and one (9.1%) article in Addis Ababa city administration [32]. The included studies were cross-sectional studies with a sample size ranging from 264 [31] to 755 [32] study participants.…”

“…As a result of lack of adequate training, poor awareness, and underreporting of problems, the workrelated MSDs have been increased in developing countries [21] and remain less prioritized [22]. In Ethiopia, there are several studies conducted on work-related MSDs such as neck and shoulder in various occupational settings [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”