Effect of Back Pain on Occupational Stress among White-collar Workers

• Main Authors: Amirhossein davoudian talab, Gholamreza badfar, majid nikomaram, Gholamreza azari, Aysoda mansori
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-01
• Series: تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه
• Subjects: Low back pain; Occupational stress; White-collar worker
• Online Access: http://jhc.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4506-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
• ISSN: 2423-6772; 2423-6764

Introduction and purpose: The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in&nbsp;stressful jobs is very high. The people suffering from these disorders have low&nbsp;decision-making ability and perceived social support, while they have high&nbsp;physical and psychological job requirements. Regarding this, the present study&nbsp;was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of waist and back pain on&nbsp;occupational stress.&nbsp;Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 89 employees&nbsp;of Abadan Ports and Marine Administration in 2016. The study population was&nbsp;selected through random sampling method. The data were collected using Health&nbsp;and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator and Body Discomfort&nbsp;Chart. Data analysis was&nbsp; performed using descriptive (i.e., frequency andpercentage) and inferential statistics (i.e., t-test) in SPSS version 18.&nbsp;Results: According to the findings, 50% and 31% of the participants had&nbsp;experienced waist and back pain, respectively. The highest and lowest stress&nbsp;levels in this study were related to role (77%) and communication (2.32%),&nbsp;respectively. The results of the t-test revealed a significant difference between&nbsp;the people with waist pain and those without such pain in terms of peer support,&nbsp;role, communication, and variations (P<0.05).&nbsp;Conclusion: As the findings of the present study indicated, back pain and stress&nbsp;had high prevalence among the white-collar workers. Back pain can be an effective&nbsp;factor on the stress level of the office workers.