Year: 2024 | Month: April | Volume: 14 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 518-525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240465
To Assess Pain and Risk of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Home Health Care Providers of Pune City
Sakshi Jadhav1, Dr. Kirti Thodge (PT)2, Dr. Albin Jerome (PT)3
1Physiotherapist, St. Andrews College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
2Assistant Professor, St. Andrews College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
3Principal, St. Andrews College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
Corresponding Author: Sakshi Jadhav
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to assess pain and risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongst home health care providers of Pune City. The current observational study included 114 participants who had completed the General Duty Assistant course and had more than 1 year of experience. The outcome measures used were Numeric Pain Rating Scale and Rapid Entire Body Assessment. The participants filled the evaluation proforma. In pain evaluation, they specified of having any musculoskeletal pain as well as the pain location. The participants rated their pain on Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Then, the major tasks were identified. Rapid Entire Body Assessment was evaluated while the participants were performing their tasks. The results showed that in pain evaluation, 73.68% experienced musculoskeletal pain at present. The distribution of pain locations states that 46% had pain in the back, 20% in the neck, 19% in the shoulders, 13% in the knees and 1% in the wrist and foot. Using Numeric Pain Rating Scale, the participants had moderate pain on activity (4-6) while the participants had none pain at rest (0). The participants had a high-risk score of 8.53 while they performed patient transfers activities. The study concluded that home health care providers had moderate pain on activity with maximum pain in the back region. The home health care providers are majorly involved in patient transfers activities followed with patient grooming activities. They had a medium to high risk of acquiring work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
Key words: Home health care providers, work- related musculoskeletal disorders, General Duty Assistant, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Rapid Entire Body Assessment Scale, Pune City.