TY - JOUR
AU - Kostadinova, PS
AB - Background: According the Global Burden of Diseases Study from 1990 to 2016 low back pain is leading cause of age standardized rate of years lived with disability and for the same period neck pain has moved from 8th to 6st rank. The aim of survey is to analyze the effect of working and professional experience over low back and neck pain self-assessment of persons employed in apparel production industry in Bulgaria. Methods: For the purposes of the study, 103 persons employed in apparel production with impairments of the musculoskeletal system and the peripheral nervous system, were investigated. Questionnaire-based survey was conducted during the period 2014-2017 to analyze the social and demographic characteristics of the persons investigated and their self-evaluation concerning pain level. Results: Two varieties of duration of exposure were investigated: years of working experience and years of professional experience. The mean duration of working experience (n = 103) was 21.38 ± 5.58 years. The mean duration of professional experience (n = 103) was 18.65 ± 7.11 years. A significant statistical dependence (p < 0.05) i.e. increase of overall exposure resulted in increase of the degree of pain experienced was found. The same test also established a statistically significant dependence (p < 0.05) between the degree of pain and the specific exposure, thus proving the positive association: increased specific exposure correlated with the increased degree of the pain reported. Conclusions: The level of low back and neck pain correlated with the length of working and professional experience of persons employed in apparel production industry. As a result of a study a program for complex prevention and treatment of the people investigated was designed and applied. Key messages: Low back pain and neck pain are leading cause of age standardized rate of years lived with disability. The level of low back and neck pain correlated with the length of working and professional experience of persons employed in apparel production industry in Bulgaria. © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model) © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
TI - Adverse effect of working and professional experience over low back and neck pain self-assessment
JF - European Journal of Public Health
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/cky218.270
DA - 2018-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/adverse-effect-of-working-and-professional-experience-over-low-back-k5SQbWWDTS
VL - 28
IS - suppl_4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -