Relationships between Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire and Online Rapid Office Strain Assessment Questionnaire
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Ardalan SHARIAT
,
Joshua A.CLELAND
,
Mahmoud DANAEE
,
Mehdi KARGARFARD
,
Vahide MORADI
,
Shamsul BAHRI MOHD TAMRIN
Abstract
Background: The Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) is a tool employed online to screen office workstations, which may require modification to decrease musculoskeletal discomfort of workers. This study aimed to examine if the ROSA is able to evaluate pain severity in the lower back, shoulder and neck of office workers accurately.
Methods: Overall, 142 participants (height: 1.80 ± 0.15 m, BMI: 26.08± 6.70, age: 35±15 yr) with at least a year of working experience completed both questionnaires, the online ROSA and the Cornell musculoskeletal discomfort, in 2016 in Malaysia.
Results: Relationship between the total scores of both questionnaires for lower back, shoulder and neck pain were significant but exhibited a weak to moderate relationship (range of r values from 0.012 (CI 95%, -0.153-0.176) to 0.503 (CI 95%, 0.369-0.616).
Conclusion: The online ROSA does not appear to be a reasonable tool for evaluating the severity of lower back, shoulder and neck pain among office workers as the correlations were low. We suggest continued use of the musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire. Additional studies are required to further examine the ROSA for other anatomical regions.
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2. Thorp AA, Kingwell BA, Owen N, Dunstan DW (2014). Breaking up workplace sitting time with intermittent standing bouts improves fatigue and musculoskeletal discomfort in overweight/obese office workers. Occup Environ Med, 71(11):765–71.
3. Parent-Thirion A, Fernández Macías E, Hurley J, Vermeylen G (2007). Fourth European working conditions survey, European foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp.37-61.
4. Pei H, Yu S, Babski-Reeves K, Chu J, Qu M, Tian B, et al (2017). Quantification of lower extremity physical exposures in various combinations of sit/stand time duration associated with sit-stand workstation. Med Pr, 68(3):315-27.
5. Esmaeilzadeh S, Ozcan E, Capan N (2014). Effects of ergonomic intervention on work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders among computer workers: a randomized controlled trial. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 87(1):73–83.
6. Karakolis T, Barrett J, Callaghan JP (2016). A comparison of trunk biomechanics, musculoskeletal discomfort and productivity during simulated sit-stand office work. Ergonomics, 59(10):1275–87.
7. Oha K, Viljasoo V, Merisalu E (2010). Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, assessment of parameters of muscle tone and health status among office workers. Agron Res,8(1):192–200.
8. Maity P, De S, Pal A, Mahata H, Chatterjee M, Dhara PC (2014). Identification of a suitable working posture for female workers engaged in golden thread work. Int J Occup Safe Health, 4(2):24–33.
9. Robertson MM, Ciriello VM, Garabet AM (2013). Office ergonomics training and a sit-stand workstation: Effects on musculoskeletal and visual symptoms and performance of office workers. Appl Ergon,44(1):73–85.
10. Schwarz CF (2011). The Home-Based Worker’s Perceived Value of Ergonomics and Interior Design in the Home Office. Marymount University, pp.120-34.
11. Shariat A, Tamrin B, Arumugam M, Ramasamy R, Danaee M (2016). Prevalence Rate of Musculoskeletal Discomforts based on Severity Level among Office Workers. Acta Medica Bulgarica, 43(1): 54-63.
12. Sonne M, Villalta DL, Andrews DM (2012). Development and evaluation of an office ergonomic risk checklist: ROSA–Rapid office strain assessment. Appl Ergon,43(1):98–108.
13. Chaiklieng S, Krusun M (2015). Health Risk Assessment and Incidence of Shoulder Pain Among Office Workers. Procedia Manuf, 3:4941–7.
14. Matos M, Arezes PM (2015). Ergonomic evaluation of office workplaces with rapid office strain assessment (ROSA). Procedia Manuf, 3:4689–94.
15. Andrews DM (2011). The Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA): Validity of online worker self-assessments and the relationship to worker discomfort. Occup Ergon, 10(3):83–101.
16. Alnaser MZ (2015). Occupational therapy practitioners with occupational musculoskeletal injuries: prevalence and risk factors. J Occup Rehabil,25(4):763–9.
17. Kahraman T, Genç A, Göz E (2016). The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire: cross-cultural adaptation into Turkish assessing its psychometric properties. Disabil Rehabil,38(21):2153–60.
18. Kreuzfeld S, Seibt R, Kumar M, Rieger A, Stoll R (2016). German version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ): translation and validation. J Occup Med Toxicol,11:13.
19. Osama M, Jan MBA, Darain H (2015). A randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of rest breaks and exercise breaks in reducing musculoskeletal discomfort in static workstation office workers. Ann Allied Health Sci, 1(2):44-48.
20. Harcombe H, McBride D, Derrett S, Gray A (2010). Physical and psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand nurses, postal workers and office workers. Inj Prev,16(2):96–100.
21. Erdinc O, Hot K, Ozkaya M (2011). Turkish version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation. Work, 39(3):251–60.
22. Habibi E, Taheri MR, Hasanzadeh A (2015). Relationship between mental workload and musculoskeletal disorders among Alzahra Hospital nurses. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res, 20(1):1-9.
23. Sethi J, Sandhu JS, Imbanathan V (2011). Effect of Body Mass Index on work related musculoskeletal discomfort and occupational stress of computer workers in a developed ergonomic setup. Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Ther Technol, 3(1):22.
24. Hedge A, Morimoto S, Mccrobie D (1999). Effects of keyboard tray geometry on upper body posture and comfort. Ergonomics, 42(10):1333–49.
25. Matsudaira K, Kawaguchi M, Isomura T et al (2013). Identification of risk factors for new-onset sciatica in Japanese workers: findings from the Japan epidemiological research of occupation-related Back pain study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 38(26):E1691–700.
26. Mörl F, Bradl I (2013). Lumbar posture and muscular activity while sitting during office work. J Electromyogr Kinesiol, 23(2):362–8.
27. Claus AP, Hides JA, Moseley GL, Hodges PW (2016). Thoracic and lumbar posture behaviour in sitting tasks and standing: Progressing the biomechanics from observations to measurements. Appl Ergon, 53 Pt A:161-8.
28. Purepong N, Channak S, Boonyong S, Thaveeratitham P, Janwantanakul P (2015). The effect of an acupressure backrest on pain and disability in office workers with chronic low back pain: A randomized, controlled study and patients’ preferences. Complement Ther Med, 23(3):347–55.
29. del Pozo-Cruz B, Gusi N, Adsuar JC, et al (2013). Musculoskeletal fitness and health-related quality of life characteristics among sedentary office workers affected by sub-acute, non-specific low back pain: a cross-sectional study. Physiotherapy,99(3):194–200.
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SHARIAT A, A.CLELAND J, DANAEE M, KARGARFARD M, MORADI V, BAHRI MOHD TAMRIN S. Relationships between Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire and Online Rapid Office Strain Assessment Questionnaire. Iran J Public Health. 2018;47(11):1756-1762.
