Trial reportInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2006
Co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain among female kitchen workers.
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- Distribution and prevalence of musculoskeletal pain co-occurring with persistent low back pain: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Workplace interventions for neck pain in workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Global prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among restaurant workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- A network analysis of changing pain cooccurrence in older adults findings from the second wave of the COPERNICUS study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: prevalence, associated factors, and impact on quality of life among kitchen workers in hospitality industry, Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Frequency and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among kitchen workers.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2023Article
- Multi-Site Musculoskeletal Symptoms in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Shoulder pain prevalence by age and within occupational groups: a systematic review.Archives of physiotherapy · 2021Review
- Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers.Safety and health at work · 2021Article
- [Occurrence pattern of musculoskeletal disorders and its influencing factors among manufacturing workers].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2020Article
- Associations of sickness absence for pain in the low back, neck and shoulders with wider propensity to pain.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Objectively measured versus self-reported occupational physical activity and multisite musculoskeletal pain: a prospective follow-up study at 20 nursing homes in Denmark.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Multisite Musculoskeletal Symptoms among District Hospital Nurses in Haiphong, Vietnam.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Patterns in the Occurrence and Duration of Musculoskeletal Pain and Interference with Work among Eldercare Workers-A One-Year Longitudinal Study with Measurements Every Four Weeks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Observational
- Work participation and working life expectancy after a disabling shoulder lesion.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Association of derived patterns of musculoskeletal disorders with psychological problems: a latent class analysis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Self-Reported, Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Among Restaurant Workers in Shiraz City, South of Iran.Annals of global health · 2019Article
- Drivers of international variation in prevalence of disabling low back pain: Findings from the Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2019Article
- Multisite joint pain in older Australian women is associated with poorer psychosocial health and greater medication use.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
- Work characteristics predict the development of multi-site musculoskeletal pain.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain symptoms in seven body sites and their combinations among women in kitchen work were studied.
methodsData on musculoskeletal pain during the past 3 months in the neck, shoulders, forearms/hands, low back, hips, knees and ankles/feet were gathered by questionnaire from 495 female workers (mean age 45 years) in connection with an ergonomic intervention study in municipal kitchens of four cities in Finland. Altogether 122 kitchens (60% of those eligible) participated in the study. The response rate in the participating kitchens was 98%.
resultsThe 3-month prevalence of any musculoskeletal pain was 87%, the most common sites being the neck (71%), low back (50%) and forearms/hands (49%). About 73% of the subjects had pain in at least two, 36% in four or more, and 10% in 6-7 sites. In pair wise comparisons, e.g. neck pain was associated with pain in other sites with prevalence ratios (PR) varying from 1.3 to 1.6, and ankle or foot pain with ratios between 1.9 and 2.4. The seven pain symptoms occurred in more than 80 different combinations. When the co-occurrence of pain was studied in three larger anatomical areas, i.e. any pain in the axial (neck and low back), upper limb and lower limb areas, subjects reporting concurrent pain in all three were the largest category (36% of the respondents). Altogether 53% of the workers reported pain in at least the axial and upper limb areas, and 48% in at least the axial and lower limb areas.
conclusionsWidespread co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain symptoms was common among female kitchen workers with slight predominance in the upper body.
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