Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, cilt.8, ss.117-120, 2017 (ESCI)
Aim: All over the world, occupational musculoskeletal diseases represent the most common occupational and work-related health diseases. According to the World Health Organisations data, OMSD account for 10% of all occupational workforce loss. Many ergonomic factors such as repetitive trauma, working in static postures for prolonged periods, heavy lifting, and monotonous working conditions have been described as risk factors that contribute to the development of these diseases. Material and Method: Thirty-four cases were diagnosed with occupational musculoskeletal diseases in Doku Eylul University Hospital Occupational Diseases outpatient clinic. Results: Twenty-five (73.5%) of the cases were men 9 (26.5%) of them were women. The mean age was 34.6 +/- 5.0 years. Mean period of employment was 132.2 +/- 57.8 months. The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Ovako Working posture Assessment System (OWAS) scales were used to assess the ergonomic risks. All cases had been dismissed from work by their employers. Discussion: This article aims to present a cluster of cases with occupational musculoskeletal diseases at a place that manufactures electrical equipment for a global automotive corporationgto draw attention to the medical and socioeconomic consequences that these employees endure a er they are diagnosed with an occupational disease.