Stress and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Cash-in-transit (CIT) Guards of A Bank's Branch in The Northern Region of Thailand

Abstract

Most of the stress at work is caused by a number of factors found among the cash-in-transit (CIT) guards for the banks and the incidence rate of worked-related musculoskeletal disorders was found to have the highest one. These workers were from the formal sector, which worked for the private enterprise. Therefore, the objective of this research was to study the stress and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among cash-in-transit (CIT) guards of a bank's branch in the northern region of Thailand. The sample of this study was 71 people who were cash-in-transit (CIT) guards of a bank's branch in the northern region of Thailand. Sampling was collected using the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical statistics (Inferential statistics) with the Chi-square to test the study’s hypothesis. Data were evaluated using SPSS 18 package program.
The result showed that the team leader with representing 38%. The majority aged between 36-45 years representing 42.3%. Body mass index (BMI) was at obese level accounted for 35.2%, regularly drank alcohol accounted for 45.1%, and exercised infrequently and irregularly accounted for 60.6%. As for the working environment and working condition who are at risk of danger, accidents and insecurity, representing 62%, and who think work condition affects bone pain Joints and muscles, representing 78.9%. overall was found that the majority of the employees had stress at a higher level than usual, representing 50.7%. The body parts that had symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders, namely the lower back accounted for 39.4%. Stress was associated with work functional disorders of the musculoskeletal system with a statistical significance of (p-value <0.001).
Stress is a factor that increases the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders. Therefore, strategies for managing stress should be planned and promoted. Health care policies regarding working posture and nature proper working should be applied, so that employees can work happily, stress-free and work safely.