Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - SCARS OF BEING A FARMER: A STUDY ON MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG A FARMING COMMUNITY OF HARYANA, INDIA
AU  - Shimrah Ch
AU  - Malik SL
AU  - Chandel S
Y1  - 2024
VL  - 62
IS  - 2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
KW  - Musculoskeletal disorders – Farmers – Haryana – Farmer – India
N2  - 
N2  - The present study aims to estimate the burden and risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Indian
farmers in Haryana. A total of 634 participants were recruited in this present study. The Nordic Musculoskeletal
Disorders Questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders. A modified interview schedule
was used to assess and identify the major socio-demographic and work-related variables of the participants. Further,
the collected data were entered and cleaned using MS Excel. IBM SPSS vs.20 was used for statistical analysis. Description
for continuous variables is presented as mean± SD and median. Categorical variables are reported as count (N) and
percentage (%). T-test and chi-square were used to examine the significant differences between the groups. Binary
logistic regression was run to find the risk of socio-demographic variables in Musculoskeletal Disorders. For all statistical
analyses, the p-value of ˂0.05 was considered to be significant. The most common type of MSD in the studied populations
was knee pain (48.3%) followed by lower back pain (38.6%) and shoulder pain (29.7%). Female and non-literate
participants were found to be at higher risk for the development of MSDs as compared to their counterparts. Consumption
of alcohol and smoking were found to have reduced the risk for the development of MSDs. Early ergonomic interventions
in the form of the use of the right size of tool, good postural adaptation, and updated farm equipment among the farming
communities will help them in combating Musculoskeletal Disorders.
ER  -