Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Dental Health Workers, Southern Thailand

Table 3

Occurrence (percent) of musculoskeletal symptoms that interfered with daily activities experienced by dental health workers in the previous 1 year by bodily location and duration of work (yrs).

Musculoskeletal symptoms	Count (%); ()	Duration of work (yrs) (, %)		value	Hours worked per day (, %)		value
		≤5; ()	>5; ()		≤8 ()	>8 ()
Trunk
Neck	48 (38.7)	1 (10.0)	47 (41.2)	<0.001	1 (2.2)	47 (59.5)	<0.001
Upper back	26 (21.0)	2 (20.0)	24 (21.1)	0.257	2 (4.5)	24 (30.4)	<0.001
Lower back	39 (31.5)	1 (10.0)	38 (33.3)	<0.001	5 (11.1)	34 (43.0)	<0.001
Arms
Shoulders	59 (47.5)	2 (20.0)	57 (50.0)	<0.001	6 (13.3)	53 (67.1)	<0.001
Elbows	15 (12.1)	2 (20.0)	13 (11.4)	0.057	0	15 (19.0)	<0.001
Hands/wrists	24 (19.4)	2 (20.0)	12 (10.5)	0.051	2 (4.5)	22 (27.9)	<0.001
Lower body
Hips/thighs	5 (4.0)	0	5 (4.4)	0.551	0	5 (6.3)	0.053
Knees	30 (24.2)	1 (10.0)	29 (25.4)	<0.001	2 (4.5)	28 (34.5)	<0.001
Ankles/feet	11 (8.9)	0	11 (9.7)	<0.001	0	11 (13.9)	<0.001

Significantly associated at value of <0.05.