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Prevalence and Characteristics of Musculoskeletal Pain in Korean Farmers
- Source :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objective To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal pain (MSK) pain in Korean farmers using initial survey data of Farmers' Cohort for Agricultural Work-Related MSK pain (FARM) study. Methods Farmers (534 females and 479 males; mean age 57.2±7.5 years) who owned or rented a farm and belonged to an agricultural cooperative unit were recruited. Presence of pain for each body part (neck, shoulder, arm/elbow, wrist/hand/finger, low back, leg/foot), and characteristics of MSK pain (prevalence, location, duration, severity, and frequency) during the last year was assessed. Additionally, demographic data such as farming duration, history of prior injury, and workload (low, moderate, somewhat hard, or hard) were collected using structured questionnaires. Results Almost all subjects (n=925; 91.3%) complained of pain in more than one body part. The frequency order was low back (63.8%), leg/foot (43.3%), shoulder (42.9%), wrist/hand/finger (26.6%), arm/elbow (25.3%), and neck (21.8%). Low back pain was more frequent in those with over 30 years of farming experience (odds ratio [OR], 1.40; 95% confidence interval, 1.08–1.81). MSK pain was related to history of prior injury (OR, 2.18–5.24; p
- Subjects :
- Musculoskeletal pain
medicine.medical_specialty
Injuries
business.industry
Rehabilitation
food and beverages
Workload
Agriculture
030210 environmental & occupational health
Low back pain
respiratory tract diseases
body regions
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
immune system diseases
Cohort
medicine
Physical therapy
Original Article
030212 general & internal medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22340653 and 22340645
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....962fa7cd086d326c98da97b2467540a9