چکیده:
Objectives: Nowadays, ports are considered a portal for business as well as the main
infrastructure for economic development worldwide. Genetic predisposition, work activity and
procedures, and psychosocial preparedness are the main factors responsible for the occurrence
of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSDs). The present study aimed to assess
psychosocial variables affecting WMSDs in an Iranian port in 2015.
Methods: All workers of a port (n=60) located in the south of Iran were included in the
present study. Job burnout and safety climate were assessed by MBI and SCQ, respectively. In
addition, musculoskeletal disorders were reported by body map questionnaire. Data analysis
was performed by ANOVA, logistic regression analysis, Pearson correlation, and t-test using
SPSS V20.
Results: Based on the obtained data, 40 workers (66.7%) experienced musculoskeletal pain
in at least one part of their bodies in the previous year. Also, job burnout score was 76.17±8.9
and safety climate was 188.7±23.07. Logistic regression revealed that job burnout, emotional
fatigue (P<0.05), safety attitude, and emergency management are the most important predictors
of WRMSDs.
Discussion: Psychological factors of workplaces include job burnout, employees’ attitude and
safety climate that negatively affect ergonomic disorders. Since psychological and psychosocial
issues are neglected in developing countries such as Iran, the researchers anticipate that
the obtained results can be used as a guideline for policymakers as well as in the supportive and
preventive arena for managing safety and health issues.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Research Paper: Assessing the Factors Predicting Work- Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Iranian Port’s Personnel Using Regression Model CrossMark Mohammad Khandan1, Alireza Koohpaei2, Mina Kohansal Aghchay2, Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi3 , Alireza Khammar4, Shahram Arsang Jang5, Mohsen Poursadeghiyan6* 1.
Assessing the Factors Predicting Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Iranian Port’s Personnel Using Regression Model.
05), safety attitude, and emergency management are the most important predictors of WRMSDs. Discussion: Psychological factors of workplaces include job burnout, employees’ attitude and safety climate that negatively affect ergonomic disorders.
Since psychological and psycho- social issues are neglected in developing countries such as Iran, the researchers anticipate that the obtained results can be used as a guideline for policymakers as well as in the supportive and preventive arena for managing safety and health issues .
* Corresponding Author: Mohsen Poursadeghiyan, PhD Address: Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4. Discussion In analyzing the relationship between demographic characteristics and variables related to safety climate and job burnout, the results suggest that safety climate was significantly different in various age groups of em- ployees, their work experience, and occupational safety training (P<0.
This indicates that with increasing age, work experience, and numbers of training courses, job burnout would be reduced and safety climate would increase in the workplace [28].
5. Conclusion The present study showed that psychological factors including burnout, job dissatisfaction, and employees’ attitude toward safety, organization and management performance in workplaces can negatively and directly affect the prevalence of ergonomic disorders and occu- pational accidents in the workplace.