• African health sciences · Jun 2022

    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among dental staff in Armed Force Hospital in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

    • Mashael Khaled Alzayani, Khalid F Salama, and Mubashir Zafar.
    • Airbase Hospital, Dhahran, KSA.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2022 Jun 1; 22 (2): 602611602-611.

    BackgroundWork related musculoskeletal disorders' (WMSDs) are the most important public health challenge among dental staff. The objective of study was to ascertain the prevalence and risk factors for work related musculoskeletal disorder among dental staff in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.MethodsIt is a cross sectional study and 130 dental staff with at least 1 year of working experience were random selected from Armed Forced Hospital. The self-administered validated and structured Standardized Nordic questionnaire was used. Logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association of risk factors with WMSD.Resultsthe results of the present study revealed that there was a high incidence of MSDs in neck, shoulder, and lower back pain among dental personnel (72.6%). The common risk factors which contributed to WMSD were more than 5 year of experience (AOR 1.19(1.03-2.82)), Saudi nationality (AOR 4.88 (1.27 - 18.72)), working more than 12 hours (AOR 3.115 (1.258 7.578)) and resident doctors (AOR 1.14 (1.02 - 1.94)).ConclusionThe study conclude work related MSD were common with high rate of incidence among dental staff . There is need to make a policy which will reduce the burden of WMSD among dental staff.© 2022 Alzayani MK et al.

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