PREVALANCE OF WORK-RELATED CERVICAL SPINE PROBLEMS AMONG THE TAILORS IN CITY MANSEHRA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Background: Neck pain among tailors in the city of Mansehra is one of the major challenges with regard to public health. Resultantly, the purpose of this study was to determine how common cervical spine issues are among tailors in Mansehra, regarding with the risk elements among employees with a gender association and to determine the other disorders like shoulder pain, headaches, dizziness associated with the cervical spine of tailors. Objective: To find out the Prevalence of work-related cervical spine problems among the tailors in city Mansehra Methodology: In this cross-sectional study design was implemented among 268 work-related tailors in city Mansehra. The concept of purposive sampling was applied. The Statistical tools for Social Science edition 22, was used to evaluate the data to conclude result. Results: Two hundred forty-seven work-related tailors were enrolled in which 203 (82.2%) male and 44 (17.8%) females and response rates out of 100%. Findings depicted that majority workers (58%) were suffering from neck pain, which aggravates (stated by 62%) with prolong neck position. Data analysis showed that 93 (37%) tailors were having mild symptoms, 89 (36%) moderate intensity symptoms from more than a year 93 (37%). They (60%) stated workload and focusing as main cause of pain, which usually lasts minutes\hours in 164 participants (59%). Their pain leads to back pain in 27% individuals and to shoulder pain in 12% of total participants. Conclusions: In the cross-sectional study, cervical pain is one of major problem in public health. This study indicated that majority tailors in Mansehra city are working continuously for longer than eight 8 hours per day regularly without taking break, excessively performing highly repetitive tasks and spending more than 4 hours in one posture while sitting is the main cause of neck pain.