Prevalence of Back Pain and Neck Pain among Dentists in Hisar, India
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research(2018)
摘要
Introduction: Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) was found very high in dental surgeon at world level. Among these MSDs, neck pain \u0026 Low back pain are most common. \nObjective: After extensive search on prevalence of MSDs pain among dentists in different countries, we planned a study to examine prevalence, aggravating \u0026 relieving factors, preventing treatment intervention among dentists of an urban local community, Hisar from Haryana in India.\nMethodology: The present study was cross sectional survey study conducted at Department of Physiotherapy, GJUS\u0026T, Hisar. 110 Dentists from an urban community (Hisar city from India) were randomly recruited. Outcome measure for study was pain intensity which was measured by Visual analogue scale (VAS). Cross-tabulation and Chi square test (2) was used to assess the relationship between two variables at 95% confidence intervals.\nResults: 110 dentists out of 130 filled complete questionnaire and returned to researcher (response rate of 84%). Out of total participants, 52.7% were male, 47.3% female. Mean age of all participants were 33.47±6.43. 57.3% of participants had pain but when we categorized it into different variables, prevalence of neck pain was 30%, upper back pain was 13.6%, and lower back pain was 30%.\nConclusion: Our results revealed a higher prevalence of neck \u0026 back pain among dentist, indicating the role of work-related risk factors in these disorders and study also found some significant relationships between age and pain intensity, practice hours and pain intensity.
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