Telework and musculoskeletal symptomatology in university professors in times of covid 19 pandemic
International Journal of Development Research
Telework and musculoskeletal symptomatology in university professors in times of covid 19 pandemic
Received 20th May, 2021; Received in revised form 17th June, 2021; Accepted 11th July, 2021; Published online 30th August, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Vanessa Renata Molinero de Paula and Teresa Patrone Cotrim. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Ceballos and Santos (2015), report in their studies that more than 90% of the teaching population is affected by musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS). Such symptoms can be influenced during the time of pandemic by COVID 19, due to the need for teachers to carry out their activities through telework. The aim of this study was to characterize the prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in university professors who are carrying out their activities through telework, in order to contribute to the development of programs to prevent such symptoms. Data collection was performed online using the following instruments: Nordic SME Questionnaire (QNSO) and Questionnaire for the evaluation of demographic, occupational, habit and lifestyle variables. Through the study, it can be concluded that most of the evaluated professors are carrying out their activities through telework in an exclusive or partial way and that in the last 12 months the presence of SME was higher in the cervical and lumbar regions.
