Result
The result showed that majority of the respondents (74.1%) had poor quality of life with variation across four domains of physical, environmental, socio relationship and psychological. Following multiple logistic regression modelling, WRMSDs (ORadj 4.24, 95% CI 1.84, 9.77, p-value=0.001) and the poor work design (ORadj 3.22, 95% CI 1.52, 6.82, p-value=0.002) remained significant determinants of Qol.
Conclusion : This study showed poor quality of life among quarry workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Those with WRMSDs and had poor work design were more likely to have poor quality of life compared to those who had no WRMSDs and work in well-designed workplace.
Keywords : Work related musculoskeletal disorders; Quality of life; Quarry workers; associated factors; workplace.