Perceived Joint Discomfort by Rural Women While Performing Dishwashing Activity in Deoria District (U.P.)

Feeling of discomfort and posture adopted in rural women while performing dishwashing activity was studied by taking 40 households from the selected villages of Oeoria district. Multistage random sampling procedure was adopted to select the sample for the study. Survey cum experimental method was adopted to carry out the present investigation. It was observed that the highest mean height of the respondents was found 155.7 cm and belonged to the age group of more than 40 years. The highest mean weight was found to be 54.5 kg and belonged to the category 18.5–25.0 (normal body weight). Different anthropometric measurement of rural women were also taken and compared with reference study of hand anthropometrics of Indian women (National Institute of Occupation Health). It was observed that mostly rural women adopted squatting posture for dishwashing and were suffering from backache pain.