Comparison of Musculoskeletal Pain among Housewives and Office Working Women in Navi Mumbai District: An Observational Study

Abstract

Background: Musculoskeletal pain have been observed commonly and there is an increase in the frequency of symptoms through the years that has been observed. The aim of my study is to study the comparison of musculoskeletal pain among housewives and office working women. Methods: This is a Comparative – Observational study involving participants both housewives and office working women selected by convenient sampling. A self-made questionnaire and Nordic pain questionnaire was used to compare musculoskeletal pain in both the groups. The data was analyzed using pie charts and tables. Discussion: The results indicate that selected working women have more musculoskeletal pain when compared with housewives in one or more body regions in last 12 months and last 7 days. Also our study shows that the common site of musculoskeletal pain is lower back followed by neck, upper back and there is no marked significant difference in other joints. Results: The results showed that working women have more pain as compared to housewives and lower back is the most common site. So on overall comparing its prevalence in both the groups working women shows high significance of pain in lower back when compared to housewives.