Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Original Research

RMJ. 2021; 46(2): 364-367


Prevalence of neck pain and associated risk factors in the Dentists working in ‎Lahore, Pakistan‎

Muhammad Kashif, Shazia Ijaz, Abdulaziz Aoudh Albalwi, Sana Sahir, Iqra Khalid, Amna Quraishi.




Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of neck pain and the association between neck pain and responsible factors among dentists working in different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan.
Methodology: This cross-sectional survey with non-probability purposive sampling was conducted among 200 dentists working at different hospitals of Lahore, from February to August 2019. We used demographic questionnaire and modified Nordic questionnaire. Chi-square test was used to determine the association between variables and neck pain.
Results: Out of 200 participants, 116 (58%) were female and 84 (42%) male. The age of ranged from 22 to 55 years (mean 30.30). The prevalence of neck pain was 66% (n=132). There was a statistically significant (p

Key words: Dentistry, neck pain, posture.






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.