ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WORKPLACE AND THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN SYMPTOMS

Briga za zdravlje radnika uvelike je uznapredovala. Razvojem tehnologije i izražajnijim sedentarnim načinom življenja narušava se tjelesna aktivnost pojedinca, a samim tim dolazi do pogoršanja zdravstvenog stanja što uvelike utječe na kvalitetu života. Promicanje tjelesne aktivnosti doseže viši nivo, ali je i dalje nedovoljno razvijena svijest ljudi o dobrobiti tjelesne aktivnosti na njihov život. Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati stavove i navike radnika te njihovu razinu tjelesne aktivnosti, utjecaj radnog mjesta na zdravstveno stanje i kvalitetu života. Utvrđena je povezanost bolnih simptoma mišićno-koštanog sustava sa smjenskim (p=0,030) te noćnim radom (p=0,046), radom u nefiziološkim i prisilnim položajima (p=0,016), podizanjem većih tereta na poslu (p=0,025) te duljim stajanjem na radnom mjestu (p=0,027). Također, rad u smjenama i noćni rad inverzno je korelirao s razinom tjelesne aktivnosti kod kuće i oko kuće. Radnici koji su prijavljivali dulje sjedenje na radnom mjestu ostvarivali su niži rezultat na profilu fizičkog zdravlja (p=0,045; rpbi= 0,201), dok su radnici koji dulje stoje na radnom mjestu ostvarivali viši rezultat (p=0,005; pbi= 0,282).The field of occupational health has made major progress over the last decades. The advances in technology and the sedentary lifestyle negatively influence the physical activity of the individual, which in turn negatively affects the health and quality of life. Promoting physical activity has its purpose, but public awareness of the benefits of physical activity is still underdeveloped. The goal of this paper is to inquire into the habits and attitudes of workers and their level of physical activity, as well as the effects of their work environment on their health and quality of life. The correlation has been discovered between musculoskeletal pain and shift work (p=0,030), night work (p=0,046), work in nonphysiological and static positions (p=0,016), lifting heavy loads during work (p=0,025), as well as long periods of standing during work (p=0,027). The inverse correlation has also been discovered between shift and night work and the level of physical activity at home and around home. Workers that claimed they were sitting for long periods of time also performed worse when it comes to their physical health profile (p=0,045;=0,201), while workers that stand during work for long periods of time had higher results (p=0,005; =-0,282)