Health risks of food delivery service in the area of Mueang Mahasarakham District, Mahasarakham Province

Abstract

This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study with the purpose of examining the health risks from food delivery service in the area of Mueang Maha Sarakham District, Maha Sarakham Province. The data were collected using a questionnaire. It was found that 17.01% of accidents occurred from providing food delivery service. When the accidents were analyzed using multiple logistic regression, food delivery distance of more than 10 kilometers was found to have a positive relationship with accidents at the statistical significance level of 0.05. Moreover, 42.15% of the food delivery persons had been infected with COVID-19. When the data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression, the number of 7 working days per week was found to have a positive relationship with the infection of COVID-19 at the statistical significance level of 0.05. For musculoskeletal illnesses, it was found that lumbar pain, shoulder pain, and arm muscle pain were the most common at 73.56%, 72.25%, and 71.73%, respectively. When muscle pain was analyzed using simple logistic regression, the number of food delivery of greater than 40 cycles per day was found to be associated with neck muscle pain, shoulder pain, upper back pain, hip pain, lumbar pain, arm muscle pain, wrist and hand pain, thigh pain, knee pain, calf pain, and foot and ankle pain. In addition, the food delivery distance of more than 10 kilometers was related with hip pain, and the body mass index of greater than 30.0 was associated with thigh pain at the statistical significance level of 0.05.