Pattern of Musculoskeletal diseases in patients ofChattogramMedicalCollege

Abstract

Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) isconsidered one of the major public healthproblems in both industrialized and developing countries of the world. Itmayresultinabsenteeism,oreventheneedtochangejobs.ThepatternofMSDinBangladesh yet to be investigated among the general population.

Methods This was a hospital based cross sectional study carried out among the patients ofChittagong Medical College (CMC)fromSeptember2020toOctober2022.Anon-probabilityconvenientsampling was followed. A total of 500 samples were taken from the outdoors Patients of CMC. A semi structured questionnaire was followed to collect data byface-to-face interview. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were appliedtoanalyze the data.

Results Themeanageofthestudypopulationwas38.21years.Themajorityagegroupwas30-40years.Andtheagegroupmorethan60years(90%,95%CI:73.47 – 97.89). Theoverallprevalence of MSDwas79.8%andLowerbackpain(43.11%)wasthecommonmusculoskeletaldisorderamong the participants, and carrying or lifting heavy weights (68.42%) was themost common cause. Females(95%CI: 1.05 – 2.81) were 1.7 times more vulnerable to develop MSD. Age in between 51 -60 years (88.1%, 95% CI: 73.47 –97.89)were3.23timesand2.65timesmorevulnerabletodevelopMSD,respectively.Nutritional statuswith obese (94.59%, 95% CI: 81.88 – 99.34) followed by over weight (90.82%,95% CI: 83.28 – 95.71) were more vulnerable to MSD. However,inmultivariablelogisticregression 51-60 years had 4.66 times higher odds than the reference group.

Conclusion The study documented the pattern of MSD and their associated risk factors inoutdoor patients of CMC for first time. We recommended further extensive