Musculoskeletal disorders and quality of life of dentists

Saliba, Tânia Adas; Machado, Ana Carolina Bernardes; Marquesi, Camila; Garbin, Artênio José Ísper

doi:10.5935/1806-0013.20160085

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES • Rev. dor 17 (4) • Oct-Dec 2016 • https://doi.org/10.5935/1806-0013.20160085 linkcopy

Musculoskeletal disorders and quality of life of dentists

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Quality of life has always been a human concern, especially nowadays when job market requirements are exposing dentists to stressing situations and adverse conditions, thus favoring the installation of several labor-related diseases. This study aimed at evaluating labor-related musculoskeletal disorders, painful symptoms and their relation with quality of life and the use of preventive measures by dentists.

METHODS: Study population was made up of dentists of the private network (n=64). Two self-applicable questionnaires were used being one to measure quality of life World Health Organization Quality of Life-bref and the other for musculoskeletal disorders.

RESULTS: Pain was more prevalent on neck and cervical spine (49.2%), followed by lumbar region (40%). With regard to quality of life, physical domain had higher mean scores (76.5%) followed by social relations domain (74.9%).

CONCLUSION: The region with higher prevalence of pain was neck and cervical spine and professionals with pain were not so happy with their quality of life.

Keywords:
Dentists; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational diseases; Quality of life

Variables	n	%
Gender
Female	38	59.4
Male	26	40.6
Age group (years)
Up to 30	11	17.2
31 to 50	36	56.2
Above 50	17	26.6
Time working as professionals (years)
1 to 16	27	42.2
17 to 27	22	34.4
28 to 35	15	23.4
Working hours (hours/day)
6	9	14.1
8	20	31.2
More than 8	35	54.7
Practice of physical exercise (2 or more times/ week)
Yes	32	50.0
No	29	45.3

Body region	Frequency
	Never		Seldom		Often		Always
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Neck and cervical spine	15	23.1	17	26.2	27	41.5	5	7.7
Shoulders	26	40	19	29.2	15	23.1	4	6.2
Forearms	44	67.7	13	20	7	10.8	0	0
Wrists/hands/fingers	24	36.9	17	26.2	16	24.6	6	9.2
Dorsal region	15	30.8	23	36.9	21	26.2	5	4.6
Hip/lower limbs	44	67.7	11	17	8	12.3	1	1.5

Domains	Mean		Standard deviation		Coefficient variation		Minimum value		Maximum value		Amplitude		p value
	Pain	No pain	Pain	No pain	Pain	No pain	Pain	No pain	Pain	No pain	Pain	No pain
Physical	15.75	17.50	2.57	1.35	16.29	7.72	10.29	15.43	20.00	20.00	9.71	4.57	0.0112*
Psychological	15.51	16.54	2.44	1.56	15.73	9.45	8.67	12.67	19.33	18.67	10.67	6.00	0.1429
Social relations	15.69	16.75	2.74	2.01	17.46	11.97	8.00	13.33	20.00	20.00	12.00	6.67	0.1981
environment	14.75	15.75	2.00	1.62	13.58	10.30	9.00	14.00	18.00	18.50	9.00	4.50	0.0897
Quality of life self-evaluation	14.71	17.00	3.16	1.63	21.45	9.61	8.00	14.00	20.00	20.00	12.00	6.00	0.0061*
Total	15.30	16.62	2.04	1.26	13.33	7.58	9.85	14.77	18.77	18.46	8.92	3.69	0.0438*

Variables	Mean	Median	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Physical domain	76.5	64.3	15.3	35.7	100
Psychological domain	73.8	66.7	13.9	29.2	95.8
Social domain	74.9	58.3	16.2	25	100
Environment domain	68.3	53.1	12.3	31.3	87.5
Quality of life self-evaluation	73.4	55.2	12.5	32.6	93.8

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