Research Article
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Their Associated Risk Factors among Pakistani Dental Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and physical characteristics and their association with a musculoskeletal disorder.
| | Characteristics | Number (%) | Musculoskeletal disorder | value | | Yes | No | | (%) | (%) | | 522 (87.0) | 78 (13.0) |
| | Age mean (SD) | 35.5 (10.20) | 37.0 (10.0) | 25.1 (1.77) | 0.001 | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 312 (52.0) | 282 (90.4) | 30 (9.6) | 0.01 | | Female | 288 (48.0) | 240 (83.3) | 48 (16.7) | | Weight | | | | | | 40-50 | 6 (1.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 | 0.001 | | 51-60 | 93 (15.5) | 51 (54.8) | (42 (45.2) | | 61-70 | 72 (12.0) | 72 (100) | 0 | | 71-80 | 150 (25.0) | 126 (84.0) | 24 (16.0) | | 81-90 | 222 (37.0) | 210 (94.6) | 12 (5.4) | | 91-100 | 57 (9.5) | 57 (100.0) | 0 | | Height | | | | | | 51-60 | 60 (10.0) | 60 (100.0) | 0 | 0.001 | | 61-70 | 477 (79.5) | 399 (83.6) | 78 (16.4) | | >71 | 63 (10.5) | 63 (100.0) | 0 | | Year of graduation | | | | | | 1980-1990 | 60 (10.0) | 60 (100.0) | 0 | 0.001 | | 1991-2000 | 75 (12.5) | 75 (100.0) | 0 | | 2001-2010 | 183 (30.5) | 183 (100.0) | 0 | | 2011-2020 | 282 (47.0) | 204 (72.3) | 78 (27.7) | | Designation | | | | | | House officers/PG | 75 (12.5) | 36 (48.0) | 39 (52.0) | 0.001 | | Demonstrator/lecturer/registrar | 66 (11.0) | 66 (100.0) | 0 | | Senior lecturer/senior registrar | 147 (24.5) | 147 (100.0) | 0 | | Senior faculty (AP, assoc. prof, prof.) | 216 (36.0) | 216 (100.0) | 0 | | Private practitioner | 96 (16.0) | 57 (59.4) | 39 (40.6) | | Working hours per week | | | | | | 11-20 | 54 (9.0) | 48 (88.9) | 6 (11.1) | 0.003 | | 21-30 | 180 (30.0) | 147 (81.7) | 33 (18.3) | | 31-40 | 306 (51.0) | 267 (87.3) | 39 (12.7) | | >41 | 60 (10.0) | 60 (100.0) | 0 |
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