Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers
Background: The socioeconomic burden of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is significant, and kitchen work is a high-risk occupation for MSDs due to the intensive manual workload and repetitive movements that are involved. However, there are very few studies on MSDs and rest breaks as a workplace int...
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doaj-c1818677114f4a43bf77c86ffacf095c2021-06-11T05:12:55ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112021-06-01122225229Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen WorkersSungjin Park0Jongin Lee1June-Hee Lee2Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cheonan Medical Center, Cheonan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 140-887, 59, Daesagwan-ro (657 Hannam-dong), Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.Background: The socioeconomic burden of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is significant, and kitchen work is a high-risk occupation for MSDs due to the intensive manual workload and repetitive movements that are involved. However, there are very few studies on MSDs and rest breaks as a workplace intervention among kitchen workers. This study examined the relationship between insufficient rest breaks and increased MSD risk among Korean kitchen workers. Methods: Sociodemographic and occupational factors of 1,909 kitchen workers were collected from the 3rd–4th Korean Working Conditions Survey data. Five items on rest breaks at work were categorized into two groups, “sufficient” and “insufficient.” The number of MSDs and work-related MSDs (WMSDs), an outcome variable, was obtained from the sum of MSDs/WMSDs in three anatomical sites (back, neck, and upper limb, lower limb). The association between rest breaks and MSDs was estimated using zero-inflated negative binomial analyses, with adjustments for age, education level, and weekly working hours, and the analyses were stratified by sex. Results: After adjustment, significant associations were found between insufficient rest breaks and an increased risk of MSDs (odds ratio [OR] 1.68 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11–2.54) and WMSDs (OR 1.40 95% CI 1.01–1.96) among female kitchen workers. Insufficient rest breaks were significantly associated with MSDs in female kitchen workers in all three anatomical sites. Conclusion: This study emphasizes the need for rest breaks as a workplace intervention for preventing MSDs in kitchen workers. Further studies to reveal the causality of this relationship are required.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791121000147Manual workersMusculoskeletal diseaseRestaurant cooksSupplementary breaksWorkplace intervention |
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Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers |
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Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers |
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Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers |
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Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers |
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Insufficient Rest Breaks at Workplace and Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Korean Kitchen Workers |
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insufficient rest breaks at workplace and musculoskeletal disorders among korean kitchen workers |
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Background: The socioeconomic burden of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is significant, and kitchen work is a high-risk occupation for MSDs due to the intensive manual workload and repetitive movements that are involved. However, there are very few studies on MSDs and rest breaks as a workplace intervention among kitchen workers. This study examined the relationship between insufficient rest breaks and increased MSD risk among Korean kitchen workers. Methods: Sociodemographic and occupational factors of 1,909 kitchen workers were collected from the 3rd–4th Korean Working Conditions Survey data. Five items on rest breaks at work were categorized into two groups, “sufficient” and “insufficient.” The number of MSDs and work-related MSDs (WMSDs), an outcome variable, was obtained from the sum of MSDs/WMSDs in three anatomical sites (back, neck, and upper limb, lower limb). The association between rest breaks and MSDs was estimated using zero-inflated negative binomial analyses, with adjustments for age, education level, and weekly working hours, and the analyses were stratified by sex. Results: After adjustment, significant associations were found between insufficient rest breaks and an increased risk of MSDs (odds ratio [OR] 1.68 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11–2.54) and WMSDs (OR 1.40 95% CI 1.01–1.96) among female kitchen workers. Insufficient rest breaks were significantly associated with MSDs in female kitchen workers in all three anatomical sites. Conclusion: This study emphasizes the need for rest breaks as a workplace intervention for preventing MSDs in kitchen workers. Further studies to reveal the causality of this relationship are required. |
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