Prevalence and factors associated with neck pain among research and development department staff in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Abstract Background Neck pain is the most common musculoskeletal complexity with a high prevalence, especially in adults and the elderly. Objectives The objective of our study is to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of neck pain in research and development department staff in Bangladesh. Methodology Data were collected through questionnaire-assisted interviews to investigate the prevalence and related factors of neck pain among 384 R&D employees aged 18–55 years in Bangladesh. We performed regression analysis on neck pain and associated risk factors to uncover its sociodemographic and occupational correlates. Results The neck pain prevalence was high in this investigation, which is 35.7%, and of these, 27.6% affected the general working ability of the employees. The results indicated that people aged 40 to above years were more significantly to have neck pain, with an OR of 6.148 (p = 0.046), and BMI results indicated that those who were underweight were slightly significantly to have pain (p < 0.001). Again, educational qualification especially HSC or diploma OR 15.600 (p = 0.020) and those who often work on the computer were more significantly to have neck pain, with OR 8.801 (p = 0.078). Conclusions This study showed that the prevalence of neck pain was high among R&D workers in private industry. In this investigation, several factors associated with neck pain were found through logistic regression evaluation. The results of this study indicated that age, BMI, educational qualification, and those who frequently worked on computers had higher neck pain.

Keywords

• Research and development employees
• Risk factors
• Neck pain
• Associated factors
• Bangladesh