A survey on Prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders and associated risk factors among Sabzevarian farmers in 2011

Now a days، musculoskeletal disorders are of a great concern in job health issues and their prevalence are relatively high among various occupations. On the other hand، agriculture is one of the most important production sections which have great roles in creating new jobs، and if these sections pay well attention، it can help in renewing economic growth، independency، and self-efficiency in our country. In the agricultural sections the workers do hard physical jobs، so these persons encounter musculoskeletal disorders more than the others. This descriptive-analytical study was a cross-sectional one which performed among 400 farmers in Sabzevar. The data were gathered through Nordic Standard Questionnaire in which a group of trained persons completed it by interviewing. Gathered data were analyzed through statistical tests by the use of SPSS، v. 16. The prevalence rate of musculoskeletal disorders in one or both knees، the waist and one or both feet and finally the ankle during one year was 52%، 46. 5 and 27%، respectively. The result showed that during the last year، there was a significant relation between pain in waist and individuals’ weight (p = 0. 033)، pain in one or both knees and their age (p= 0. 0001)، pain in one or both knees and the height (0. 036) and pain in shoulders and age (p=0. 028). The results showed that there is a significant relation between the musculoskeletal disorders in farmers and their demographic characteristics like weight، age and the height.