Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM), 91-348 Lodz, Poland.
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lodz, 92-213 Lodz, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 14;20(4):3309. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043309.
The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) has increased significantly in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a fundamental change in the lifestyles, ways of learning and working patterns of the general population, which in turn, might lead to health consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the conditions of e-learning and the impact of the learning modality on the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms among university students in Poland. This cross-sectional study included 914 students who completed an anonymous questionnaire. The questions covered two time periods (before and during the COVID-19 pandemic) and were aimed at obtaining information about lifestyle (including physical activity using the modified International Physical Activity Questionnaire, 2007 (IPAQ), perceived stress and sleep patterns), the ergonomics of computer workstations (by Rapid Office Strain Assessment, 2012 (ROSA) method), the incidence and severity of musculoskeletal symptoms (by the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, 2018 (NMQ)) and headaches. The main differences between the two periods were statistically significant according to the Wilcoxon test in terms of physical activity, computer use time, and severity of headaches. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in MSD (68.2% vs. 74.6%) and their intensity (2.83 ± 2.36 vs. 3.50 ± 2.79 points) among the student population ( < 0.001). In the group of students with MSD, there was a high musculoskeletal load, due to the lack of ergonomic remote learning workstations. In future, a thorough study should be carried out, and there is an urgent need to raise students' awareness of arranging learning workstations according to ergonomic principles in order to prevent the occurrence of musculoskeletal problems.
近年来，肌肉骨骼疾病（MSD）的患病率显著增加。COVID-19 大流行导致了普通人群生活方式、学习方式和工作方式的根本改变，这反过来可能导致健康后果。本研究的目的是评估电子学习的条件以及学习方式对波兰大学生肌肉骨骼症状发生的影响。这项横断面研究包括 914 名完成匿名问卷的学生。这些问题涵盖了两个时期（COVID-19 大流行之前和期间），旨在获取有关生活方式（包括使用修改后的 2007 年国际体力活动问卷（IPAQ）进行的身体活动、感知压力和睡眠模式）、计算机工作站的人体工程学（使用 2012 年快速办公应变评估（ROSA）方法）、肌肉骨骼症状（使用 2018 年北欧肌肉骨骼问卷（NMQ））和头痛的发生和严重程度的信息。根据 Wilcoxon 检验，两个时期之间的主要差异在统计学上是显著的，涉及体力活动、计算机使用时间和头痛严重程度。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，学生人群中 MSD（68.2%对 74.6%）及其严重程度（2.83 ± 2.36 对 3.50 ± 2.79 分）显著增加（<0.001）。在患有 MSD 的学生群体中，由于缺乏符合人体工程学的远程学习工作站，肌肉骨骼负担很高。未来应进行彻底研究，迫切需要提高学生对根据人体工程学原则安排学习工作站的认识，以预防肌肉骨骼问题的发生。
