Prioritization of the Lower Back Pain Risk Factors Among Industrial Workers Using Best-Worst Method.

Prioritization of the Lower Back Pain Risk Factors Among Industrial Workers Using Best-Worst Method. Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2019 Mar 28;:1-26 Authors: Khan NZ, Shihab SK, Attri R, Siddiquee AN, Khan ZA Abstract Although lower back pain (LBP) is reported to be the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder related to the work (WMSD) amongst the workers, little systematic effort has been made to identify the factors and to determine their priority for the onset of LBP. In this paper, an attempt has been made to determine priority of LBP risk factors using a relatively new, simple and effective multi criteria decision making (MCDM) method i.e. Best-Worst method (BWM). BWM has been used in this research as it (1) makes use of relatively fewer data for comparisons and (2) provides comparisons with better consistency leading to more reliable results. Results of the study revealed that occupational factor (O) is the most prominent main risk factor for LBP followed by psychosocial (PY) and personal (P) factors. Further, physical load (PL) and genetics (GS) are the most and least dominating LBP risk factors. PMID: 30919747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Source Type: research