Anthropometry and Health Status of Public Administrative Staff in the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
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Abstract
Anthropometry is the study that takes human body measurements in a population. Patronised furniture that fails to utilize the users body measurements impact on their health negatively. Therefore, mismatch between anthropometric dimensions and consumer products may cause health problems in human body. Eight static anthropometric measures were considered. In the administrative block, mean age of the male and female populations were 39.97±8.87 years and 39.56±8.62 years respectively; mean±SD weight were 74.39±11.31kg and 72.57±11.17kg in males and females respectively; and mean±SD stature were 1729.20±64.01mm and 1628.90±56.48mm in males and females respectively. In the results, stature, popliteal height and knee height measured were significantly different between male and female administrative staff members in public institutions. Also, the study reported that lower back pain and neck pain had the highest prevalence among the male and female administrative staff respectively. The study is applicable to the design of furniture to cut down on workers’ absenteeism and increase productivity.
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3. Pheasant S, Haslegrave CM. Body space: anthropometry, ergonomics, and the design of work. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 2006.
4. Bolstad G, Benum B, Rokne A. Anthropometry of Norwegian light industry and office workers. Appl Ergon 2001; 32(3): 239 - 246.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-6870(00)00067-3
5. Del Prado-Lu JL. Anthropometric measurement of Filipino manufacturing workers. Int J Ind Ergo 2007; 37: 497- 503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2007.02.004
6. Chung, J.W.Y. and Wong, T.K.S. Anthropometric evaluation for primary school furniture design. Ergonomics 2007; 50 (3): 323 – 334.
7. Kaya MD, Halisoglu AS, Bayramoglu M, Yesilyurt H, Ozok, AF. A New Approach to Estimate Anthropometric Measurements by Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System. Int J Ind Ergo 2003; 32 (2): 105-114.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-8141(03)00042-8
8. Tunay M, Melemez K. An analysis of biomechanical and anthropometric parameters on classroom furniture design. African J of Biotech 2008; 7(8): 1081-1086.
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB
9. Domljan D, Grbac I, Hadina J. Classroom furniture design – correlation of pupil and chair dimensions. Coll Antropol 2008; 32(1): 257- 265.
10. Jeong BY, Park KS. Sex differences in anthropometry for school furniture design. Ergo 1990; 33 (12): 1511-1521.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139008925350
11. Harris C, Straker L, Pollock C, Trinidad S. Musculo-skeletal outcomes in children using information technology – the need for a specific etiological model. Inter J of Ind Ergo 2005; 35: 131 - 138.
12. Abeysekera JDA. Design requirements and dimensions for a comfortable work seat for Sri Lankans. J. Natn Sci Coun 1985; 13 (1): 77- 88.
13. Morag I. The ergonomic critical assessment program [CD-ROM]. EID AWARD; 2004.
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16. Prado-Leon LR, Avila-Chaurand R. Gonzalez-Munoz EL. Anthropometric study of Mexican primary school children. Appl Ergo 2001; 32 (4): 339 - 345.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00009-6
17. Imrhan SN, Nguyen M, Nguyen N. Hand anthropometry of Americans of Vietnamese origin. Int J of Ind Ergo 1993; 12: 281- 287. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-8141(93)90098-X
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2004.01.001
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http://ajot.aota.org/pdfaccess.ashx?url=/data/journals/ajot/930072/ on 10/03/2018 Terms
of Use: http://AOTA.org/terms
27. Holder N, Clark H, Diblasio J, Hughes C, Scherpf J, Harding L, et al. Cause, prevalence, and response to occupational musculoskeletal injuries reported by physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Phys Ther 1999; 79:642–652.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/79.7.642
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/65.4.482
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31. Janwantanakul P, Pensri P, Jiamjarasrangsri W, Sinsongsook T: Prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among office workers. Occup Med (Lond) 2008, 58:436-8.
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33. Omokhodion, F.O., Sanya, A.O. Risk factors for low back pain among office workers in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria. Occup Med (Lond) 2003, 53:287-9.
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37. Ivelic, Z., Grbac, I., Ljuljka, B. and Tkalec, S. Office furniture design according to a human anthropometric data”. International design conferences – Design 2002. Duubrovnik. Pp 791 – 796.
38. Green, B.N. A literature review of neck pain associated with computer use: public health implications. J Can Chiropr Assoc 2008; 52(3): 161 – 168.
39. Ranasinghe, P., Perera, Y.S., Lamabadusuriya, D.A., Kulatunga, S., Jayawardana, N., Senaka Rajapakse, S., Katulanda, P. Work related complaints of neck, shoulder and arm among computer office workers: a cross-sectional evaluation of prevalence and risk factors in a developing country. Environmental Health 2011; 1 – 9.
40. Anthropometric data. Available from http://www.arh.ukim.edu.mk/afwebnova/urban/metric%20Handbook/MHB5-Anthropometric%20data-pdf. Date accessed: 01/11/2010.
41. Rahman SAA, Shaheen AAM. Anthropometric consideration for designing classroom furniture in arabic primary and preparatory boys schools. Bull Fac Ph 2008; 13 (1): 343 - 357.
42. Syed A, Qutubuddin SM, Hebbal SS. Anthropometric analysis of classroom furniture used in colleges. Int J of Eng Res and Dev 2012; 3 (10): 1-7.
43. Tuttle N. A Comparison of methods used for measuring popliteal height. Ergonomics Australia 2004; 18: 14 -18. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/5520
44. Parcells C, Stommel M, Robert P, Hubbard RP. Mismatch of classroom furniture and student body dimensions. J of Adoles Health 1999; 24: 265-273.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(98)00113-X
45. Melzack R. Concepts of pain measurement and assessment. Raven Press, New York, 1983; 1-2.
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Adu G, Sylvia A, Albert D, Mensah K. Anthropometry and Health Status of Public Administrative Staff in the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana. Int J Occup Hyg. 2020;12(3):228-238.
