Objective: To determine the prevalence of neck pain and neck disability among dental practitioners.
Methodology: This cross sectional study included 345 dental practitioners of both gender, ages above 20 years from six different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan from April to September 2017.
Standardized questionnaires visual analog scale (VAS) and neck disability index (NDI) were used for data collection. Non-probability convenience sampling was done. Correlation coefficient (r) was used for association between neck pain and ages of the practitioners and working hours.
Results: Out of 345 subjects, 253(73.3%) were female and 92(26.7%) male. Out of 253 female dentists, 141 (55.73%) had pain and 112 (44.27%) had no pain, whereas out of 92 male dentists, 57(61.95%) had pain and 35(38.05%) did not. Out of 345 subjects, 42.6% with no pain, 17.1% with mild pain, 30.7% with moderate pain and 9.6% with severe pain was found. Whereas, out of 345 subjects, 64.9% with no disability, 26.4% with mild disability, 6.4% with moderate disability, 2.0% with severe disability was found. The nonspecific neck pain prevalence among dental practitioners was 57.4%.
Conclusion: The prevalence of nonspecific neck pain was commonly present in dental practitioners. Among dental practitioners, whose workin
Key words: Dental Practice, Dentist, Neck disability index, Neck Pain, Nonspecific neck pain.
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