Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Disorders among Sugarcane Farmers in Kudpladuk Sub-district, Chuenchom District, Mahasarakham Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional analytical research aimed to identify factors that associated with the musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among sugarcane farmers who live in Kudpladuk sub-district, Chuenchom district, Mahasarakham province. Questionnaires were allocated to 291 from 1,659 sugarcane farmers by stratified and simple random sampling technique during January 2020. Data were recorded and analyzed with a computer packages program. General information was described by frequency, percentage, median, standard deviation while multiple logistic regression with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p-value <0.05 were used to expressed the association.

The finding revealed that half of the sugarcane farmers were female (51.20%) and 48.76 years old on average (S.D. = 8.41). Most of them were facing with an MSDs (86.60%). Physical work environmental factors and social work environmental factors were two factors associated with MSDs among sugarcane farmers (Adjusted OR = 3.56; 95% CI: 1.27 to 9.98; p-value = 0.016 and Adjusted OR = 3.79; 95% CI: 1.52 to 9.46; p-value = 0 004, respectively).

Suggestion; ergonomics training program should be provided to sugarcane farmers for supporting agriculture and cover the problem such as the repetition posture and work-related stress.