Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of upper
limb musculoskeletal disorders, activities
prevention and difficulty in performance of
activities due to musculoskeletal disorders in
architectures.
Results: Neck pain was seen in 65.9%
respondents, 49.3% had wrist and hand pain,
37.7% had pain in the upper back and 27% had
pain in shoulder and 20.3% had pain in elbow in
the last 12 months. Out of 138 respondents, 39.1%
due to neck pains, 32.6% wrist/hand pain, 31.9%
upper back pain, 18.1% shoulder pain, 14.4%
elbow pain, had seen the physician in the past
year. In the past week, 42.8% had neck pain,
39.9% had wrist/hand pain, 33.3% had upper back
pain, 22.5% elbow pain and 19.6% had shoulder
pain.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was
conducted among architects of Lahore, Pakistan.
Convenient sampling technique was used and the
sample size was 138. Duration of study was six
months from January to June 2017. Modified
Nordic questionnaire was used to collect data. 138
copies of questionnaire were distributed and
response rate was 100%. Data were analyzed by
using SPSS version 20.
Conclusion: Neck and wrist/hand pain were
frequent in architects, which affected their
functional efficiencies. These prevented their
normal activities at work, school and home due to
these upper limb musculoskeletal disorders.
(Rawal Med J 202;45:645-647).
