PREVALENCEANDASSOCIATEDFACTORSOFWORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETALDISORDERSAMONGCLEANERSOFHEALTHINSTITUTIONS INGONDARTOWN,NORTHWESTETHIOPIA

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Abstract Background:Musculoskeletaldisordersarepainorinjuriesinthebody’sjoints, ligaments,muscles,nerves,tendons,andstructuresthatsupportlimbs,neckand back.Theyarecalledwork-relatediftheyoccurorarecausedbytheworkplace environment. Objective:Themainobjectiveofthisstudywastoassesstheprevalenceand associatedfactorsofworkrelatedmusculoskeletaldisordersamongcleanersof healthinstitutionsinGondartown. Method:Aninstitutionalbasedcross-sectionalstudywasconducted,from Aprilto May2016inallhealthinstitutionsofGondartown,NorthwestEthiopia.Atotalof253 participantswereincludedwithnon-responserateof4.3%.Traineddatacollectors administered a face-to-face interview.Descriptive statistics was performed to describethedatainpercentageandmean.Todeterminethepredictorvariables, bivariateandmultivariablelogisticregressionweredone.Variableshavingp-value< 0.05wereconsideredasstatisticallysignificant. Results:Outofthetotal201(83.1%)respondentsreportedthattheyhadpaininat leastoneofthebodypartsintheprevious12months.Oftheninebodyparts examined,neck(76%),upperback(40.5%)andlowerback(45%)werethemost frequentlybodypartsreportedtoexhibitpain.Jobstatusandstaticworkhabitwere identifiedasfactorsassociatedwithworkrelatedmusculoskeletaldisorders. Conclusionandrecommendation:cleanersinhealthinstitutionsofGondartownhad highprevalenceofworkrelatedmusculoskeletaldisorders.Jobstatusandstatic workhabitwerethesignificantassociatedfactors.Attentionshouldbegivenbythe managementandthegovernmentinmodifyingtheworkenvironmentofcleanersto adjusttheworkhabitofcleanerssothatpreventingmusculoskeletaldisorders. Keywords:cleaners,healthinstitution,workrelatedmusculoskeletaldisorders