| Document ID (ISN) | 107572 |
| CIS number |
08-87 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Haukka E., Leino-Arjas P., Solovieva S., Ranta R., Viikari-Juntura E., Riihimäki H. |
| Title |
Co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain among female kitchen workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 2006, Vol.80, No.2, p.141-148. Illus. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
The co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain symptoms in seven body sites and their combinations among women in kitchen work were studied. Data were gathered by questionnaire from 495 female workers working in 122 school and nursing home kitchens of four cities in Finland. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the previous three months was 87%, the most common sites being the neck (71%), low back (50%), and forearms and hands (49%). 73% of the subjects had pain in at least two, 36% in four or more, and 10% in six sites or more. Altogether 53% of the workers reported pain in at least both the axial (defined as a combination of neck and low back) and upper limb areas, and 48% in at least both the axial and lower limb areas. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
cooking; women; hotel industry; musculoskeletal diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; Finland; symptoms; lumbar column; hand; upper extremity disorders; backache; lower extremity disorders; shoulder; questionnaire survey; frequency rates; neck disorders |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Hotels and restaurants
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