The Prevalence of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Associated Occupational Risk Factors at uMhlathuze Local Municipality Community Service Department
Abstract:
Background:
Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a global problem with various occupational activities
being associated with reports of chronic pain.
Aim:
The aim of the study is to identify the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain
and the associated occupational risk factors among the uMhlathuze Municipal employees
(uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative
area in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River).
Method:
A cross-sectional survey of a sample of employees from the Community Service department
of the municipality will be conducted. A detailed interview questionnaire based
on the standard Nordic ergonomic questionnaire will be used. It will focus on the
prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain, individual, physical, psychosocial factors,
and symptoms in the previous year. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable logistic
regression analysis will be conducted using STATA 13 (Most of its users work in research, especially in the fields of economics,
sociology, political science, biomedicine and epidemiology).
Conclusion:
The prevalence and factors associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain in this
study population will be reported.
Keywords:
Musculoskeletal pain; Occupational
risk factors; Municipal employees.
