Alzayani Mashael Khalid, Salama Khaled F, Zafar Mubashir
Department of Dental, Armed Force Hospital, Dhahran, KSA.
Department of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal university, Dammam, KSA.
Int J Prev Med. 2021 Sep 29;12:119. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_136_20. eCollection 2021.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) is the most important public health challenge among dental staff. The objective of this study is to ascertain the prevalence and associated risk factors, which related to WMSD among dental staff in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
It is a cross-sectional study and 130 dental staff were selected through simple random sampling from in Armed Forced Hospital with at least 1 year of working experience. 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.
The results of the present study revealed that there was a high incidence of MSDs in the neck, shoulder, and lower back pain among dental personnel (72.6%). The common risk factors that contributed to WMSD were more than 5 years of experience (AOR 1.19 (1.03-2.82)), Saudi nationality (AOR 4.88 (1.27-18.72)), working more than 12 h (AOR 3.115 (1.258-7.578)) and resident doctors (AOR 1.14 (1.02-1.94)).
The study concludes that WMSDs were a common and high rate of incidence among dental staff. There is a need to make a policy that will reduce the burden of WMSD among dental staff.
工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病(WMSD)是牙科工作人员面临的最重要的公共卫生挑战。本研究的目的是确定沙特阿拉伯达兰市牙科工作人员中与WMSD相关的患病率及相关风险因素。
这是一项横断面研究,通过简单随机抽样从武装部队医院选取了130名具有至少1年工作经验的牙科工作人员。使用了经过验证的自我管理结构化标准化北欧问卷。进行逻辑回归分析以确定风险因素与WMSD的关联。
本研究结果显示,牙科人员中颈部、肩部和下背部疼痛的肌肉骨骼疾病发病率很高(72.6%)。导致WMSD的常见风险因素包括工作经验超过5年(比值比[AOR]为1.19[1.03 - 2.82])、沙特国籍(AOR为4.88[1.27 - 18.72])、工作超过12小时(AOR为3.115[1.258 - 7.578])以及住院医生(AOR为1.14[1.02 - 1.94])。
该研究得出结论,WMSD在牙科工作人员中很常见且发病率很高。需要制定一项政策来减轻牙科工作人员中WMSD 的负担。