Janwantanakul Prawit, Pensri Praneet, Jiamjarasrangsri Viroj, Sinsongsook Thanes
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Occup Med (Lond). 2008 Sep;58(6):436-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqn072. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
To date, no study has investigated the prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in all the body regions in the general population of office workers.
To estimate the 12-month prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the head/neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists/hands, upper back, low back, hips, knees and ankles/feet among office workers.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a descriptive questionnaire distributed to 2000 office workers in 54 workplaces.
A total of 1428 subjects (71%) returned the questionnaire, of whom 1185 were eligible for the study. The annual prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms attributed to work was 63%. Sites of symptoms, in order of prevalence, were head/neck (42%), low back (34%), upper back (28%), wrists/hands (20%), shoulders (16%), ankles/feet (13%), knees (12%), hips (6%) and elbows (5%). Female office workers were more likely to report symptoms in the head/neck, shoulder, upper back and ankle/foot regions than male counterparts (P < 0.05). Office workers younger than 30 years were more likely to have symptoms in the upper back than those older than 49 years (P < 0.05).
Musculoskeletal symptoms are common among office workers with a high proportion experiencing symptoms in the spine. The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in some body regions is dependent on gender and age. This indicates a need to develop specific strategies to reduce the occurrence of such symptoms among office workers.
迄今为止，尚无研究调查过上班族普通人群中自我报告的全身各部位肌肉骨骼症状的患病率。
估计上班族中自我报告的头/颈、肩、肘、腕/手、上背部、下背部、臀部、膝盖和脚踝/足部肌肉骨骼症状的12个月患病率。
我们采用描述性问卷进行了一项横断面调查，该问卷分发给54个工作场所的2000名上班族。
共有1428名受试者（71%）返还了问卷，其中1185名符合研究条件。因工作导致的自我报告的肌肉骨骼症状的年患病率为63%。症状部位按患病率排序依次为：头/颈（42%）、下背部（34%）、上背部（28%）、腕/手（20%）、肩（16%）、脚踝/足部（13%）、膝盖（12%）、臀部（6%）和肘部（5%）。女性上班族比男性更有可能报告头/颈、肩、上背部和脚踝/足部区域的症状（P<0.05）。30岁以下的上班族比49岁以上的上班族更有可能在上背部出现症状（P<0.05）。
肌肉骨骼症状在上班族中很常见，很大一部分人在脊柱出现症状。某些身体部位的肌肉骨骼症状患病率取决于性别和年龄。这表明需要制定具体策略以减少上班族中此类症状的发生。
