The relationship Between Receiving Health Care Services and Musculoskeletal Pain Level Among Rubber Farmers with Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Abstract:
This cross-sectional analytical study aimed to investigate the relationship between receiving
healthcare services and musculoskeletal pain level among 317 rubber farmers who were selected
using simple random sampling. The questionnaire used in the study included the Demographic Data
Questionnaire (DDQ), working posture, musculoskeletal pain, accessing and receiving health care
service-related Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Descriptive statistics and Pearson
Correlation were used in the statistical analysis.
The results showed that 38.80% of participants had considerably greater pain thresholds that
could be tolerated. Risk factor from working posture, such as repeating the same motion, was
presented in 89.59% of participants. The majority of participants use public hospitals for their medical
care. But 44.48% of participants never obtained a WMSD-related health care service. 23.30% of
participants who never obtained medical care experienced unbearably painful. Health care services
were negatively corrleted with musculoskeletal pain levels (r=-0.668, p<0.001). The top three medical
services that were associated with unbearably painful symptom including the absence of home visits
by medical professionals during chronic WMSDs (20.80%), the absence of prevention education
related to WMSDs (19.90%), the absence of receiving knowledge about self-care related to WMSDs
(19.60%), and the absence of risk assessment for WMSDs (19.60%) respectively. This study indicated
that rubber farmers lacked of accessing health care services. They required WMSD-related healthcare
services in order to relief from musculoskeletal pain. Additionally, this study illustrated the crucial
role that healthcare services have in the treatment, and prevention of musculoskeletal pain.