Health risk level and prediction of musculoskeletal pain in workers under telework conditions: A matrix approach
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56294/ri202340Keywords:
Health Indicators, Musculoskeletal Pain, Workers, TelecommutingAbstract
Objective: evaluate the level of ergonomic risk and discomfort among musculoskeletal workers in teleworking conditions, and determine the potential risk to health of the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. In a sample of 212 workers (87.2% of the population). A questionnaire under the Google Forms application was used, in addition, video calls were made to evaluate the work station. Together, the ROSA method was used. Data analysis was performed with SPSS Version 26.
Results: (61,8 %) of the participants were male with a mean age of 45,86 ± 9,0 years, with a job history of 10,72 ± 8,8 years and a computer use time of 7.33 ± 3.0 hours. (41.9%) of the workers had a high level of dysergonomic risk. Likewise, 42,9 % of the personnel who teleworked did not present a high level of musculoskeletal pain. The health risk was (83 %), with a range of moderate to high and very high level. There is a strong-positive correlation between health risk and CMDQ total scores, given by rho = 0,896, likewise a strong-positive correlation between health risk and ROSA scores, given by rho = 0,869. With 95 % confidence and p <0,05.
Conclusions: it was evidenced that teleworkers carry out tasks under inadequate conditions and environment, not adapted to their anthropometry; In addition, they are exposed for a long time to biomechanical risk, generating musculoskeletal discomfort.
References
1. Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo. Informe del estado de la seguridad y salud laboral en España. 2020. Madrid: INSST. 2022. https://www.insst.es/documents/94886/2927460/Informe+sobre+el+estado+de+la+seguridad+y+salud+laboral+en+Espa%C3%B1a+2020.pdf/f90e09c0-4df0-b7da-4f7d-219c902b6096?t=1671132537938
2. Fandiño-Contreras LM y Saza-Baraceta J. Prevalencia de lesiones musculoesqueléticas en trabajadores bajo modalidad de teletrabajo entre los años 2016 al 2020 a partir de una revisión de literatura. Trabajo de grado para optar al Título de Administrador en Salud Ocupacional. Bogotá D.C.: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales. 2021. https://repository.uniminuto.edu/bitstream/10656/16414/1/UVDTSO_Fandi%C3%B1oLina-SazaJuliana_2021
3. Herrera-Sierra FC y Cely NC. Prevalencia y factores relacionados con desordenes musculoesqueléticos en personal que realizan teletrabajo, una revisión de alcance 2010-2021. Trabajo de grado para optar al Título de Magister en Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo. España, Universidad del Rosario. 2021. https://repository.urosario.edu.co/server/api/core/bitstreams/e547b3c7-a3de-4702-87c3-1be68037426e/content
4. Ron M, Pérez A, Hernández-Runque E. Prevalencia del dolor músculo esquelético auto-percibido y su asociación con el género en teletrabajadores/as del tren gerencial de una empresa manufacturera de alimentos venezolana. Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation / Rehabilitación Interdisciplinaria. 2023;3:51. https://doi.org/10.56294/ri202351
5. Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo. Riesgos ergonómicos en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías con pantallas de visualización. Madrid: INSST. 2020. Disponible en: https://www.insst.es/documents/94886/566858/NTP+1150+Riesgos+ergon%C3%B3micos+en+el+uso+de+las+nuevas+tecnolog%C3%ADas+con+pantallas+de+visualizaci%C3%B3n+-+A%C3%B1o+2020.pdf/0ce76d93-5654-ae2f-2951-1918026c5133?version=2.0&t=1614878622461
6. Hedge A., Morimoto S. y McCroibe D. Effects of keyboard tray geometry on upper body posture and comfort. Ergonomics. 1999; 42(10), 1333–1349. https://doi:10.1080/001401399184983
7. Ron M. y Escalona E. Teletrabajo y auto-percepción de dolor músculo-esquelético en tiempos de Covid-19. Caso empresa venezolana. Revista Salud de los Trabajadores. 2022; 30(1), 151–162. http://servicio.bc.uc.edu.ve/multidisciplinarias/saldetrab/vol30n2/art05.pdf
8. Sonne, M., Villalta, D. L., y Andrews, D. M. Development and evaluation of an office ergonomic risk checklist: ROSA–Rapid office strain assessment. Applied ergonomics, (2012); 43(1), 98-108. http://www.arbetsliv.de/Region_9/Aktivitets/ROSA.pdf
9. Liebregts, J., M. Sonne, and J. R. Potvin. "Photograph-based ergonomic evaluations using the Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA)." Applied ergonomics 52 (2016): 317-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.07.028
10. Chaiklieng, Sunisa, and Maytinee Krusun. "Health risk assessment and incidence of shoulder pain among office workers." Procedia Manufacturing 3 (2015): 4941-4947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.636
11. Santillán-Marroquín W. El teletrabajo en el COVID-19. Rev. CienciAmérica. 2020; 9(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.33210/ca.v9i2.289
12. García E. y Sánchez A. Prevalencia de trastornos musculoesqueléticos en docentes universitarios que realizan teletrabajo en tiempos de COVID-19. 03. An. Fac. med. 2020; 81(3), 301-7. https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v81i3.18841
13. Organización Mundial de la Salud. Trastornos musculoesqueléticos [Internet]. 2021. OMS. https://www.who.int/es/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditioons
14. Chaiklieng, Sunisa, and Worawan Poochada. "Assessment of Muscle Fatigue and Potential Health Risk of Low Back Pain Among Call Center Workers." Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social & Occupational Ergonomics, and Cross-Cultural Decision Making, July 25-29, 2021, USA. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
15. Chaiklieng, Sunisa, and Pornnapa Suggaravetsiri. "Health risk assessment matrix for back pain prediction among call center workers." Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2020: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2020): Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, February 19-21, 2020, Modena, Italy. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Misael Ron, Ariel Pérez, Estela Hernández-Runque (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Unless otherwise stated, associated published material is distributed under the same licence.
