PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND IT’S ASSOCIATION WITH SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AMONG HOUSEWIVES OF VADODARA CITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal conditions have the fourth greatest impact on the overall health of the world population. Many studies found women have a higher musculoskeletal morbidity then men in general population as well as in different occupational groups. The role of homemakers for taking care of all family members and household activities is considered as occupation. Chopping, stirring, and lifting utensils were found to be complex activities, requiring multiple changes in posture, whereas mopping kitchen platforms and utensil washing was found to be time-consuming tasks. It requires substantial and sustained physical repetitive movements along with sustained work postures, which can lead to various musculoskeletal disorders METHODS: 150 subjects between the age group of 25-35 years were taken. To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used & to rule out the socio-economic status modified Kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale 2021 was used. RESULT: The results were calculated from the chi- square test & it shows that there is highest Prevalence of low back pain. The subjects from upper middle class & lower middle class as found to have more Prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, age & BMI were found to be important factors for musculoskeletal disorders. CONCLUSION: From the results, we conclude that there is association of musculoskeletal disorders with socioeconomic status. In addition, the age & BMI of the homemakers were contributing factors for the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders.