Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in female cultivators

INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal disorder is one of the major health hazards among agricultural workers. Rural women contribute to development and household activities pursue multiple livelihood strategies. Female cultivators' studies on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) are limited. OBJECTIVES: To verify prevalence in female cultivators from Ambala, Haryana, India. Materials methods: 200 aged 20-50 years with ability read understand Hindi having cultivation experience more than two-year were recruited by non-probabilistic sampling for this cross-sectional study. version Nordic questionnaire was used study WRMSDs cultivators. Demographic characteristics presented as mean ± standard deviation. Prevalence frequency percentage. A confidence interval also reported. RESULTS: The yearly highest low back region (57.0%) followed knee joint (30.5%), shoulder (16.5%), wrist/hand (9.5%), neck (9.0%), elbow (6.5%), ankle/foot (2.5%), thighs/pelvis (2.5%) upper (2.0%). CONCLUSION: India, high. Low back, most affected regions population.