Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders among the House Wives in Nagpur City, Maharashtra
- February 23, 2018
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Applied Science, Home Science, Musculoskeletal Disorders
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume I, Issue I, January 2017 | ISSN 2454-6186
Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders among the House Wives in Nagpur City, Maharashtra
Suvarna Dhone and Tulika Khare*
Assistant Professor*, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
Abstract:- Housewives, who spend most of the time in kitchen while performing the daily household activities continuously without taking rest, are at the greatest risk due to lack of awareness of the basic principle, poor working conditions and traditional work methods and tools. Therefore, the study was undertaken to evaluate the occupational hazards and musculoskeletal disorders among them.
Key word: Musculoskeletal disorders, occupational hazards, Ergonomics, health hazards, work ability
I. INTRODUCTION
Household management is the most common occupation in almost every country. Home management is the mental process and it involves many steps. As soon as the family is established and its members starts living and working together for the common goals, a plan of action has to be delegated to the members of the family. Most of the household works is generally done by the housewives with some help. In some families all the members of the families share the household work. Fatigue is the main problem in all the household work. All work involves use of body and mind. How effectively the housewives can use her time and energy in the performance of household job, depends on her ability to adjust and control forces in the family.
Musculoskeletal conditions affect more than 1.7 billion people worldwide and have the 4th greatest impact on the overall health of the world population, considering both death and disability. This burden has increased by 45% during the past 20 years and will continue to escalate unless action is taken. These cause considerable functional limitation in the adult population in most welfare states than any other group of disorders.
