Common musculoskeletal problems arising among women after parturition at selected area of BANGLADESH

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the common musculoskeletal problems that arises among women after the event of parturition at a selected area of Bangladesh. Objectives: To know the common Musculo-skeletal symptoms after parturition among the women. To find out the relationship between the number of parturitions along with severity of musculoskeletal symptoms. Methodology: This study was conducted in cross sectional study design. The study was conducted on musculoskeletal condition. The samples were collected through simple random sampling procedure and the samples were 112. The data was collected from Enam Medical College Hospital and Super Medical Hospital. The data was collected through established questionnaire with face-to-face interview. The questions were structured and the questions were close ended. Data were analyzed with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 using SPSS 20 version software program. Results: A Pearson Chisquare test was performed to show the association among low back pain, pelvic girdle pain, diastasis recti abdominis, urinary incontinence, carpal tunnel syndrome with number of children. An established questionnaire for assessing the probability of developing long term musculoskeletal disorders called Orebro Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (OMPQ) was used in this study to show the association between number of child and OMPQ score. This study found that 57.1% of the participants had Low Back Pain (LBP), 67.1 % had Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP), 38.4% of the population had Urinary Incontinence (UI), 12.5% women had pain on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and 12% of the participants had Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA). Conclusion: The study suggested that this result might be used basic data for developing management and or assessment program in postpartum musculoskeletal population. Key words: Musculoskeletal, Postpartum, Conditions, Pain.