Association of individual and device usage factors with musculoskeletal disorders amongst handheld devices users during homestay due to pandemic

Association of individual and device usage factors with musculoskeletal disorders amongst handheld devices users during homestay due to pandemic Rahul Jain, Kunj Bihari Rana, Makkhan Lal Meena International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp.605-619 The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading in India and different parts of the world. The outbreak delivered not only the condition of dying from infection but also forced people (especially office workers and students) to perform all working (office work, classes, assignments, etc.) and non-working activities (leisure activities such as social media, gaming, etc.) at home using handheld devices (HHDs). In this situation, HHD usage for longer durations is mainly responsible for work-related health issues. Therefore, the paper aims to explore HHD usage patterns and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) amongst HHD users during homestay and the impact of individual and HHD usage–related factors on MSDs. From different states of India, 651 people (especially HHD users from universities and industries) were sampled by using systematic cluster random sampling. In addition, an online questionnaire was used to collect data on the prevalence and risk factors of MSDs. Finally, mean comparisons and chi-square analysis was used to analyse the collected data. The prevalence rate of MSDs was higher in upper body parts as compared to the lower body parts. The association of gender with MSDs in ...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research