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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Self-Reported Pain in Artisanal Fishermen from a Traditional Community in Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil

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  • Juliana dos Santos Müller

    (Post-Graduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40110-902, Brazil
    Department of Health and Services, Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88020-300, Brazil)

  • Eduardo Mendes da Silva

    (Instituto de Biologia, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-115, Brazil)

  • Rita Franco Rego

    (Post-Graduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40110-902, Brazil
    Post-Graduate Program in Health, Environment and Work, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40026-010, Brazil
    Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, Brazil)

Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can be characterized from their occupational etiology and their occurrence; their chronicity generates negative repercussions for the health of workers, especially of artisanal fishing. To investigate the prevalence of generalized musculoskeletal disorders by body region and self-reported pain in a fishing population of northeastern Brazil, an epidemiological cross-sectional study was carried out in Santiago do Iguape, Bahia-Brazil, in 2017. The Brazilian version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ), in addition to a questionnaire containing the socio-demographic and labor conditions were applied to a random stratified sample of 248 artisanal fisheries. There were 170 female shellfish gatherers and 78 fishermen, with a mean age of 36.7 years (SD = 10.5 years) and 43.3 years (SD = 11.8 years), respectively. The beginning of the labor activity was initiated at approximately 11 years of age. The average weekly income varied from 17.64 USD to 29.10 USD. The prevalence of MSD independent of occupation occurred in at least one body region in 93.5% and the presence of musculoskeletal pain/discomfort over the last seven days in 95.2% of the fishing workers. The highest prevalence of MSD was found in shellfish gatherers in: lower back (86.4%), wrist and hand (73.5%), and upper back (66.8%). In relation to the presence of pain in the last year, the frequency of pain was greater in the fishermen compared to the shellfish gatherers. The generalized severity of the MSD in 93.5% of this community of fishermen is evident, with emphasis in the following regions: lower back, wrist and hand and upper back in both groups, with occurrence of pain in more than one body region at the same time.

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  • Juliana dos Santos Müller & Eduardo Mendes da Silva & Rita Franco Rego, 2022. "Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Self-Reported Pain in Artisanal Fishermen from a Traditional Community in Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-15, January.
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