Evaluation of the influence of education on the ergonomic risk of concrete form workers
| Autor: | Abdollah Gholami, Behzad Fouladi-Dehaghi, Davood Eskandari, Jalaluddin Tamaddon Yalameh, Gholamheidar Teimori-Boghsani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Ergonomic risk
medicine.medical_specialty business.product_category Wilcoxon signed-rank test Posture Developing country Iran 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Musculoskeletal Diseases Duration (project management) 050107 human factors Worksheet business.industry Work-related musculoskeletal disorders 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Significant difference Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics 030210 environmental & occupational health Occupational Diseases Physical therapy Ergonomics business |
| Zdroj: | Work (Reading, Mass.). 67(4) |
| ISSN: | 1875-9270 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: In developing countries, construction is a largely manual job that imposes awkward postures on workers, thus facilitating a variety of musculoskeletal disorders. Ergonomic training is known as an effective way to reduce these disorders. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ergonomic training intervention in reducing the ergonomic risk of concrete form workers. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 144 concrete form workers employed in the construction projects of Gonbad-e Kāvus, Iran, Iran. Data was collected using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (at the pre-intervention stage) and the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) worksheet (at the pre- and post-intervention stages). Ergonomic training was provided via face-to-face educational meetings along with presenting informative pamphlets, which took place over 45 days duration of time. Data were analyzed by the use of SPSS software version 21, t-test and Wilcoxon test. Significant level was considered at P-value less than 0.05. RESULTS: Musculoskeletal disorders were observed in all limbs of the studied workers. The most prevalent disorders were the pain in the shoulder region of lift operators (86.1%) and the pain in the back area of mixer operators (77.8%). About 99.3% of all concrete form workers were exposed to a moderate level of ergonomic risk and needed posture correction. Pre- and post-training REBA scores showed a statistically significant difference (P |
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