A S S O C I A T I O N O F O C C U P A T I O N A L S T R E S S A N D M U S C U L O S K E L E T A L P R O B L E M S ( P A I N ) A M O N G G O F E R S

Khansa Shafique S2017241006 Sadia Arshad F2016241153 Arifa Rasool F2016241074 Zainab Amjad F2016241136 Usama Ehsan F2016241120 Muhammad Saleem F201624210652025-10-112025-10-112021https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/8802Musculoskeletal system is one of the major systems of the body which assist in maintaining body functions, motility and provide support in activities of daily living. Any deviation in normal functioning of musculoskeletal system results in deterioration of well being of human body. Occupational or workplace stress is a type of psychological suffering caused by overburden or exhaustion in vocational task which results in somatic changes in human body that may interfere with normal lifestyle. Gofers are those employees who convey messages in office, bring lunch and make coffee for office workers and lift bags of executives. Objective: Main motive of this study is to find the interrelation of occupational stress and musculoskeletal pain in Gofers of private offices in Lahore. Methodology: For this Nordic MSK questionnaire was utilized to asses work related musculoskeletal disorders and Workplace Stress Scale was used to find occupational stress. Data was collected by 146 gofers of different private offices including CureMd and Wahab international. Analysis of the data was done by SPSS version 25.0. Pearson Correlation, Chi square, Regression and ANOVA were applied.enA S S O C I A T I O N O F O C C U P A T I O N A L S T R E S S A N D M U S C U L O S K E L E T A L P R O B L E M S ( P A I N ) A M O N G G O F E R SThesis