Personal characteristic, occupational, work environment and psychosocial stressor factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) complaints on bus driver: literature review

Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) complaints is an accumulation of injuries and pain in the musculoskeletal system. It is characterized by injuries on muscles, tendons, cartilages, ligaments, and vascular and nervous structures. Bus drivers are high-risk workers that experience MSDs complaints. MSDs on bus drivers can disrupt drivers’ performance, endanger drivers, passengers, and public road users. This study aims to review the literature on factors of MSDs complaints among bus drivers. The literature review method is used by compilation, tabulation, comparing the research results, and then summarizing it. The research was obtained from an accredited journal site (PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, Scopus) and the google scholar journal search page. After searching for keywords and screening with the research inclusion criteria, 15 studies were obtained. It was found that smoking habits, age, years of work, driving duration, work posture, vibration, work stress, and job dissatisfaction were the main factor of MSDs complaints on the bus driver. Several studies also show that bus drivers with a low level of physical activity, long driving duration, high driving frequency, unergonomic seats, feelings of anxiety and confusion during driving had a higher risk for experiencing MSDs complaints.