Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION, cilt.81, sa.4, ss.3369-3375, 2025 (SSCI)
Background: Office workers often experience musculoskeletal pain, and this condition significantly impacts their quality of life and work function. Objective: Musculoskeletal pain is common among office workers. The study was conducted to determine the impact of musculoskeletal pain on work functions and quality of life in office workers. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 263 office workers. A personal information form, Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (WRFQ), Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and a 12-item Short Form Health Survey were used to collect data. The questionnaire forms were prepared using Google Forms and distributed and collected via WhatsApp. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test, descriptive statistics and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: Among 263 office workers, 68.1% reported pain in the neck, 52.1% in the shoulder, 47.5% in the lower back, and 33.8% in the elbow. A strong, negative, significant correlation was found between the pain intensity of the participants and the total score of the WRFQ (rs = -0.743, p < 0.001). A moderate negative relationship was found between pain intensity and the physical component summary (12), mental component summary (12) and WRFQ subscales, and a strong negative relationship was found with the WRFQ total score (p < 0.05). Conclusion: It has been found that office workers are most likely to suffer from neck pain and this pain negatively affects their work functions and quality of life.