Self reported work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among Bank workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Introduction: Banking sector is the major sector contributing to the national economy. There are 56 Banks and 8693 Branches where around 2,00,000 employees are working. It is very important to know the prevalence and associated risk factors for occurring musculoskeletal disorders among bank workers. Study Design: This is a non experimental, cross sectional study, performed among 300 bank workers in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Purposive sampling was used to collect data. Data collection tool was a Questionnaire consists of two parts, Part-I incorporated demographic information and some risk factors responsible for musculoskeletal disorders which obtained after an extensive literature search and Part-II consist of pre-validated standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). The gathered data were analyzed by SPSS software version 20 using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Wald chi-square test and logistic regression. Result: The annual prevalence of WMSDs among Bankers in Dhaka city is 69.3% where 51.7% were prevented of carrying out normal activities due to MSDs. The most affected part of body is lower back (39.7%), followed by neck (30.7%), Knees (17.7%), upper back (11.7%), Wrist/Hand (11.7%), Ankle (11%), Shoulder (9.7%), Elbow (9.7%) and Hip (7.7%). Lack of knowledge regarding ergonomic training, good working posture and physiotherapy management of MSDs were most significant (chi-square value 127.967, P=0.00) for MSDs. Here, gender has no association (P=.067) with MSDs but Age (P=.043), Working hour/week (P=.031), Job tenure (P= .001), BMI (P=.000), Stress (P=0.00) and Activity level maintaining abnormal working situation (P=.001) has strong association with MSDs.