Relationship of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Familial History of the Disorder, Exercise, Varicose Veins of Lower Extremities and Painkiller Use among Dentists in 2013-2014
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 10
Abstract
musculoskeletal disorders and resulting chronic pains are challengeable for dentists because this profession demands certain requirements, which causes high incidence of musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pains.This was a cross - sectional – descriptive study, which was conducted on 102 dentists from September 2013 to April 2014. The required data was collected using a check list consisting of demographic data and specific questions. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS with chi-square test, independent t-test, and descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and frequency.102 dentists participated in this study among which 63 dentists (61.8%) were males and 39 dentists (38.2%) were females. In this study, the most common symptom were neck pain among 24 (23.52%) males and 15 females (14.70%) as well as back pain among 19 (18.62%) males and 14 (13.72%) females. In this study, a statistically significant relationship was found between painkiller use and musculoskeletal pain (P=0.034).The results showed that most dentists complained about musculoskeletal pain among which neck pain and back pain were mostly frequent in both genders among all dentists.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehrafrouz Daneshian| Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran., Mohammad Reza Paknahad| Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran., Mohammad Reza Ataollahi| Department of Microbiology, Faculty of medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran., Abbas Paknahad *| Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. email: Arg.abbas@yahoo.com.
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