title: Work related complaints among dentists.
abstract: The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of neck pain, shoulder pain and back pain among dentists and to assess the risk factors affecting them. Sixty-eight dentists from Dharan and Biratnagar were interviewed using pretested questionnaires in January 2006. Back pain was the most common complaint affecting almost 80% of the study population, followed by neck pain (58.8%) and shoulder pain (47%). The frequency of shoulder pain among female dentists was nearly double that of males (P=0.009). The mean days of neck pain among males was significantly higher as compared to females (P=0.048). The study suggests that musculoskeletal complaints are common among dentists, though they are not of severe nature. There is a scope for further decreasing the prevalence and severity of these disorders by performing regular specific exercises.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan, Nepal. bikramshrestha@yahoo.com
authors: B P
authors: BP
authors: Shrestha
authors: G K
authors: GK
authors: Singh
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Niraula
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult