치과의사의 근골격계 장애에 관한 연구
A Study of the Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Dentists
유종희, 정성창,
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유종희 ( ) - 서울대학교 치과대학 구강내과·진단학교실
정성창 ( ) - 서울대학교 치과대학 구강내과·진단학교실
KMID : 0386219940060020103
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to study the frequency of pain and discomfort in the musculoskeletal system among dentists, above all concerning head, neck and shoulder pain and to find possible correlations between these symptoms and various working positions and different working actions.
A questionnaire was answered by 425 dentists with more than one year working experience (80% male, 20% female). The age varied from 25 to 67 years and mean age was 34.8 years. The dentists had worked on the average for 9.1 years.
The obtainded results were as follows.
1. Dentists usually were at 10, 11, 9 o´clock position in treating upper and lower teeth, and 40% of dentists suffered from pain and discomfort in the neck were at 10 o´clock position in treating lower teeth (p<0.05).
2. During the past 12 months, 152 dentists(35.5%) suffered from headache, 208(48.9%) from pain and discomfort in the neck, 208(48.9%) from pain and discormfort in the shoulders and 188(44.2%) from pain in the lower back.
3. During the past one week, 50 dentists (11.8%) suffered from headache, 91(21.4%) from pain and discomfort in the neck, 86(20.2%) from pain and discomfort in the shoulders and 80(18.8%) from pain and discomfort in the lower back.
4. During the past 12 months, female dentists had a higher frequency of the pain and discomfort in the head, neck and shoulders than male dentists. During the past 1 week, female dentists had more lower backache additionally.
5. During the past 12 months the frequency of pain and discomfort in the head (p<0.05) and neck (p<0.01), during the past 1 week the frequency of pain and discomfort in the neck(p<0.01) and shoulders (p<0.05) had a tendency to decrease with age and the number of practice.
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