"Musculoskeletal problem": Its prevalence among Iranian dentists

Nokhostin, Mohammad Reza; Zafarmand, Abdolhamid

doi:10.4103/2231-0762.181166

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“…Here, the percentage of individuals reporting MDSs was mostly higher in DAs than in dentists. In this study, the 12-month prevalence for the neck was 2.0-47.0% higher than in dentists [8,9,15,18,22]. For the shoulder region, a similar pattern was seen.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…In comparison with Czech dentists [18], the available results were about 15.0% lower. The compared MSDs' 12-month prevalences in the upper back were from similar to 37.0% higher in the current study [15,18].…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The 12-month prevalence was between 18.0 and 63.0% higher than in dentists' studies in [9,15,18,26]. Only one Danish study remained an exception since its participants reported an 18% higher 12-month MSD prevalence than was found in this presented DAs' study [22].…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Since DAs work closely with dentists in the same working environment, we compared MSDs prevalences in DAs to the MSDs rates stated by dentists [8,9,15,17,18,20,22,26]. In these investigations, either the modified Nordic questionnaire [8,9,18,22] or a questionnaire of similar content was used [15,17,20,26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, this means that the demonstrably higher sensitivity to pain or greater pain awareness of women [53] could explain why the prevalence was lower in comparative studies with dentists, because both sexes have been analyzed there [9,15,17,18,20,22,26]. In view of this fact, the conclusion that DAs suffer more from MSDs than Ds should be taken with caution.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence of Muscular Skeletal Disorders among Qualified Dental Assistants

Ohlendorf

Haas

Naser

et al. 2020

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The occupation of dental assistants (DAs) involves many health risks of the musculoskeletal system due to static and prolonged work, which can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of MSDs in DAs in Germany. Methods: For this purpose, an online questionnaire analyzed 406 (401 female participants and 5 male participants, 401w/5m) DAs. It was based on the Nordic Questionnaire (lifetime, 12-month, and seven-day MSDs’ prevalence separated into neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, upper back, lower back, hip, knee, and ankle), and occupational and sociodemographic questions as well as questions about specific medical conditions. Results: 98.5% of the participants reported complaints of at least one body region in their lives, 97.5% reported at least one complaint in the last 12 months and 86.9% affirmed at least one complaint in the last seven days. For lifetime, 12-month and seven-day prevalence, the neck was the region that was most affected followed by the shoulder, the upper back and the lower back. Conclusion: The prevalence of MSDs among German (female) DAs was very high. The most affected area is the neck, followed by the shoulder, the lower back, and the upper back. It, therefore, seems necessary to devote more attention to ergonomics at the working practice of DAs as well in education and in dental work.

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Section: Body Regions Lifetime Prevalence 12-month Prevalence 7-day Psupporting

confidence: 66%

Section: Body Regions Lifetime Prevalence 12-month Prevalence 7-day Psupporting

confidence: 61%

Section: Body Regions Lifetime Prevalence 12-month Prevalence 7-day Pcontrasting

confidence: 57%

Section: Body Regions Lifetime Prevalence 12-month Prevalence 7-day Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Body Regions Lifetime Prevalence 12-month Prevalence 7-day Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevalence of Muscular Skeletal Disorders among Qualified Dental Assistants

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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Iranian Dentists: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

ZakerJafari

YektaKooshali

2018

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundWork-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important problems among professions particularly, dentists. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in various parts of the body in Iranian dentists by using systematic review and meta-analysis.MethodsThis systematic review and meta-analysis was based on preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and searching in national databases such as SID, Magiran, Irandoc, IranMedex, and Medlib, and international databases such as MedLine, Web of Sciences, Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, Embase, Springer, Wiley Online Library, Ebsco, CEBM, and Google Scholar search engine which were published by January 1, 2017. Researched keywords were in Persian and their standard English equivalents were in accordance with their MeSH. The obtained documents were analyzed using Comprehensive Meta-analysis version 2.ResultsAccording to 23 studies through 2,531 Iranian dentists which took part in this study, prevalence of skeletal disorders in Iranian dentists has been 17.6% [confidence interval (CI) 95%:11.7–25.5] in knees, 33.2% (CI 95%:24.1–43.8) in shoulders, 33.4% (CI 95%: 26.8–40.8) in the thorax, 51.9% (CI 95%:46.7–57.2) in necks, 33.7% (CI 95%:28.2–39.6) in wrists/hands, 12.9% (CI 95%:7.7–20.6) in elbows, 37.3% (CI 95%: 31.5–43.5) in lower back, 11.9% (CI 95%:8.7–16.1) in thighs, 12.9% (CI 95%:3.8–36) in the foot, and 10.5% (CI 95%:7–15.4) in legs.ConclusionConsidering the high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in Iranian dentists, ergonomics should be included as a lesson in preclinic and also, reeducation courses for ergonomics basics should be executed for graduate dentists.

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