Low Back Pain among Cooks in Nursery Schools.

• DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.194
• Publication Date: 2008-02-13T04:54:04Z
• Authors: Yuichiro ONO; Midori SHIMAOKA; Shuichi HIRUTA; Yasuhiro TAKEUCHI
• Keywords: Back Pain; Stressor; Pre school

A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted on cooks working for nursery schools in N city order to verify epidemiological evidence of the work-relatedness low back pain among them. After female workers aged 30 or more were selected from a base 2,799 social welfare facilities, prevalence (n = 240) compared with school teachers 955). Age-standardized ratios (PRs) 1.9 (95% CI: 1.5-2.5) teachers. Among cooks, relative risks increased increase number lunches be prepared and decreased making logistic regression model controlling age body length. Low also found associated self-estimated job stressors/ work load by models. Multifactorial effects ergonomic psychosocial factors, individual factors suggested. From viewpoint criteria work-relatedness, it concluded that partially supported.