Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Stress and Quality of Life Among Security Guards

Orthopaedic diseases have become more common as industrialization has progressed.It is one of the leading reasons for employee absenteeism from work, negatively affecting their quality of life.The incidence is unknown in professions like as security guards, whose job entails a lot of standing.Workrelated musculoskeletal problems have a major influence on afflicted individuals' quality of life, can create economic hardship, and can affect service supply.The present study aims to assess the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and their effects on quality of life among security guards.A quantitative approach with non-experimental descriptive research design was adopted for the present study 130 security were recruited as study participants by using the Convenient Sampling Technique.A self-structured questionnaire was administered to collect data regarding the demographic information and prevalence of Musculo skeletal disorders.The present study suggests that the utmost equal number of security guards (54%) are unaffected, equal number of security guards (46%) are affected, so they are almost equally aware of musculoskeletal disorders and their preventive measures.35(26.9)has Mild stress, 65(50) Moderate stress, 30(23) Stress had a substantial positive correlation with WMSDs (r=0.40,p < 0.001).Stress and WMSDs were significantly connected with personal variables (p<0.001).Security guards face a risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to their physical workload.Severe complaints are linked to general health, while high exertion and social characteristics lead to sickness absence.Chronic symptoms influence medical care seeking.Ergonomic interventions may prevent hand/wrist complaints.Psychosocial and personal characteristics should be considered when investigating work-related risk factors.