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Asia Pac J Public Health · May 2014
Work-related musculoskeletal pain among dentists in Madhya Pradesh, India: prevalence, associated risk factors, and preventive measures.
- Payal Saxena, Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Sandhya Jain, and Deshraj Jain.
- Government College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Asia Pac J Public Health. 2014 May 1; 26 (3): 304-9.
AbstractDentists are at risk for developing musculoskeletal problems. This provided the impetus for a study of prevalence, distribution, and the associated risk factors of these problems in the dentist population of Madhya Pradesh, India. The data were analyzed from 213 dentists of Madhya Pradesh, India, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and gave their consent for this cross-sectional study. Subjects were assessed by a special questionnaire using demographic details with working conditions. Chi-square test was used for the statistical analysis of the data. Of total 213 participants, 83.10% had at least one musculoskeletal pain in the past 12 months. Low back pain was most frequent (57.75%) followed by neck pain (31.17%) and wrist pain (17.84%). The pain was significantly prevalent among the group who worked in direct vision, without assistant, in standing position or following none of the fitness regimen. © 2013 APJPH.
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