Authors :
Niran Aladwani
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3I4D0f1
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7927510
Abstract :
This study investigates musculoskeletal
disorders and the ergonomic hazards among bankemployees in the State of Kuwait. For the purposes of
this study, a descriptive survey was customized. The
population of the survey is 34 employees working in,
Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Bitak Branch in Kuwait.
40 copies of the questionnaires were disseminated for
data collection and 33 copies were received yielding the
percentage of 82.5%. The title of the questionnaire was
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders & Ergonomic
Hazards. With using Pearson Product Moment
Correlation, the reliability co-efficient of 0.84 was
established for the questionnaire. The guide of this study
is two research questions and six null hypotheses tested
at significance of .05 level. In analyzing the questions and
demographic data of the research, the descriptive
statistics of standard deviation, mean and percentage
were used. Inferential statistics of z-test, analysis of
variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square were used to test the
null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result
revealed a significant difference in the ergonomic
hazards among bank-employees in KFH Bitak Branch
based on age (F {2.998} = 25.33; P< 0.05), gender (z =
5.99; P<0.05) and years of experience (F {2.998} = 8.55;
P< 0.05). It also showed a significant difference in workrelated musculoskeletal disorders
(WMSDs) among bank-employees in KFH Bitak
Branch based on age (F {2.998} = 12.29; P<0.05), gender
(z =3.64; P<0.05) and years of experience (F {2.998} =
5.26; P< 0.05). Among the findings were that most of the
bank-employees had prolonged period of sitting (3.47±
0.86) and used the computer for a prolonged time
(3.64±0.61). 25.19% of the bank-employees suffered
waist pain and 16.99% suffered back pain. It was
therefore recommended that bank management should
make concerted efforts to reduce rising prevalence of
work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bankers
and bank-employees by having ergonomics in mind
when procuring office equipment, and by creating
adequate breaks in the work schedules.
Keywords :
Bank-employees, Ergonomics, Hazards, Safety, Work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
This study investigates musculoskeletal
disorders and the ergonomic hazards among bankemployees in the State of Kuwait. For the purposes of
this study, a descriptive survey was customized. The
population of the survey is 34 employees working in,
Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Bitak Branch in Kuwait.
40 copies of the questionnaires were disseminated for
data collection and 33 copies were received yielding the
percentage of 82.5%. The title of the questionnaire was
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders & Ergonomic
Hazards. With using Pearson Product Moment
Correlation, the reliability co-efficient of 0.84 was
established for the questionnaire. The guide of this study
is two research questions and six null hypotheses tested
at significance of .05 level. In analyzing the questions and
demographic data of the research, the descriptive
statistics of standard deviation, mean and percentage
were used. Inferential statistics of z-test, analysis of
variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square were used to test the
null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result
revealed a significant difference in the ergonomic
hazards among bank-employees in KFH Bitak Branch
based on age (F {2.998} = 25.33; P< 0.05), gender (z =
5.99; P<0.05) and years of experience (F {2.998} = 8.55;
P< 0.05). It also showed a significant difference in workrelated musculoskeletal disorders
(WMSDs) among bank-employees in KFH Bitak
Branch based on age (F {2.998} = 12.29; P<0.05), gender
(z =3.64; P<0.05) and years of experience (F {2.998} =
5.26; P< 0.05). Among the findings were that most of the
bank-employees had prolonged period of sitting (3.47±
0.86) and used the computer for a prolonged time
(3.64±0.61). 25.19% of the bank-employees suffered
waist pain and 16.99% suffered back pain. It was
therefore recommended that bank management should
make concerted efforts to reduce rising prevalence of
work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bankers
and bank-employees by having ergonomics in mind
when procuring office equipment, and by creating
adequate breaks in the work schedules.
Keywords :
Bank-employees, Ergonomics, Hazards, Safety, Work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
