Background and objectives: Occupational related injury is a major occupational health problem in the working population. Musculoskeletal discomfort will give negative effect to every person and may affect musculoskeletal structure. Occupational injury may affect worker that working in occupational hazard exposure. The factor of occupational related injury is caused by sudden of prolong exposure such as repetitive movement, force, vibration or poor ergonomic. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to determine the occupational related injury among staffs in one of the higher institutions. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey, structured question with self-administered questionnaire. The demographic data and Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) were distributed to 213 staffs between the ages of 22 between 60 years old in private university college at Nilai. Subjects are excluded if they have attended any medical treatment either conservative or operative treatment, history of surgery and injury. Results: A total of 54 subjects are included in this study. Percentage of the demographic characteristics such as gender, age and body composition were analysed. There is strong correlation between body area discomfort with age and body composition and statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Occupational related injury affects the body area discomfort according to gender, age and body composition among staffs in this higher institution.
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To Cite this Article: Jamaludin, N. A., Ismail, A. R., Balakrishnan, P., & Rasli, S. (2022). Prevelance of Occupational Related Injury among Staffs of Higher Institution in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(10), 2342– 2348.
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