THE RATE OF SHOULDER & NECK PAIN AMONG COMUTER USERS

Objective: The pain in shoulder and neck are very common problems among the users of computers. The adaptable danger aspects for jobs linked with the musculoskeletal complications contains the environment of the office & factors related to the psychosocial work. The main objective of this research work was to determine the rate of the pains in shoulder and neck & the utilization of the computer workstation which are adjustable among bankers of Multan, Islamabad & Rawalpindi. Methods: This was a transverse research work conducted on one hundred and twenty participants. This research work used the purposive sampling method for the selection of the samples. Remodeling of MUEQ (Maastricht upper extremity questionnaire) carried out & separation of vital questions performed from its elaborated description. The validation of the tool carried out with the help of opinions of expert. The calculation of percentages & frequencies carried out to find out the categorical variables. Results: About 71.670% participants faced the neck pain at the time of work hours & 48.330% respondents experienced the pain in shoulder during the work hours. About 16.670% participants were using the adjustable keyboards. Forty percent bankers were using the materials of back care. About 95.83 bankers were using the adjustable chairs. Three percent bankers had chairs with no adjustable height. About 25.0% bankers were using the chairs with changeable armrests. Conclusion: The most common incidences among bankers are the pains of shoulder and neck. Most of the equipment used by banker are adjustable but there is still a need of proper attention to tackle this problem. Key Words: Station, Computers, categorical, objective, MUEQ, methodology, tackle, adjustable, shoulder, respondents