PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG THE CARE GIVERS OF PHYSICALLY DISABLED CHILDREN

ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMSIt has been estimated that 14-17% of the cases referred to primary care consultations are related to musculoskeletal disorders. The study was aimed to determine prevalence of Work Related Muscu-loskeletal disorder among care givers of physically handicapped children.METHODThe study includes a sample size of 187 caregivers of physically handicapped children. Two differently self-designed questionnaires were used to gather information from the clinician and the parents separately. The data was collected only once from the participants. It was assured that the data would be used only for research purpose, prior consent was taken before administering the question-naire.RESULTSThe result showed that n=187 participants that were involved in the process of care giving to the physically handicapped children. Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder was found equally high among clinicians and parents. However, no association p>0.05 between the age and the type of WMSDs was observed.CONCLUSIONS The study concluded that Work Related Musculoskeletal disorders were prevalent among the care givers of physical handicapped children and was found to be equally affecting the parents and the clinicians.KEYWORDSMusculoskeletal Disease, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Low back pain, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.