SynthesisBMC women's health2021
A meta-analysis of the association between physical demands of domestic labor and back pain among women.
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- Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Wrist Pain Severity and Dysfunction in Turkish Housewives: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Musculoskeletal Pain Among Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The mediating role of depressive symptoms among Turkish population related to gender and low back pain: evidence from a national health survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Self-reported musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and associated factors among water carrying women in Legambo district, Northeastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study design.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Pain, Physical Demands at Work, and Future Work Expectations Among Older Adults in the United States.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Assessing the relationship between domestic work experience and musculoskeletal health among rural Nigerian women.PloS one · 2022Article
- Understanding Rural Women's Domestic Work Experiences (DWE) in Ibadan, Nigeria: Development of a Measurement Tool Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundBack pain (BP) is among the most common musculoskeletal problems globally and is a leading contributor to disability among adults. Millions of women especially those in low-income settings, engage in strenuous domestic activities that may increase their risk of BP. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to estimate the association between physically demanding domestic labor (PDDL) which is characterized as intensity, frequency, duration of work and biomechanical risk factors of work and BP among women.
methodsFive databases were searched for records published from January 1991 to March 2020; and results from 11studies were included in the meta-analysis. A random effects model and the generic inverse-variance method was used to estimate the pooled odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (CI), and the degree of heterogeneity among studies (I
resultsExposure to high PDDL was significantly associated with BP (OR = 1.63; 95% CI 1.30, 2.04; I
conclusionsPDDL may significantly increase a woman's risk of experiencing BP, but larger prospective studies are needed to further investigate the association. Presenting data on how domestic work affects the musculoskeletal health of women will be important in designing future interventions (behavioral, infrastructural, and ergonomic) that can reduce the burdens from domestic labor.
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