PREVALENCE OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN KARNATAKA DISTRICT
Journal Title: International Journal of Physiotherapy - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are common amongst dental personnel including dentalstudents when they are still in educational programs due to their work in a static posture. The objectiveof the study is to identify work-related musculoskeletal disorders in terms of perception of pain andstiffness experienced by the dental students and interns and to find the association between pain,stiffness and selected socio demographic variables.Methods: A total of 236 subjects were selected from Yenepoya Dental College, Manipal Institute ofDental Sciences and A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. The subjects wereselected by using convenience method and were given closed-ended questionnaire to find perceptionof pain and stiffness experienced.Results: The study revealed that 51.3% of dental students sometimes had pain in lower back and 44.4%in neck. 20.3% of subjects complained of having sometimes stiffness in neck and 19.9% of them had inlower back. It was observed that number of workdays per week had significant association (p=0.01)with increase in frequency of pain. Frequency of stiffness was significantly associated with height (p=0.02) and weight (p= 0.02). There was also significant association between intensity of pain and averagenumber of work days per week (p= 0.017) and average number of patients treated per day (p= 0.012).Conclusion: The study revealed that WMSDs are prevalent in dental students and interns. A significantassociation was found between musculoskeletal symptoms and socio-demographic variables likegender, height, weight, number of workdays per week and number of patients treated per day.
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Nusaibath M Shaikhji, Abdul Rahim Shaik , Shaikhji Saad , Padmakumar Somasekaran Pillai
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- DOI 10.15621/ijphy/2015/v2i3/67024
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