Practices and Attitudes of Dental Loupes and Their Relationship to Musculoskeletal Disorders among Dental Practitioners

Table 1

The study questionnaire.

Section	Question details
One	Questions about demographic data, including gender, age, academic year/work status, years of practice, financial status, and place of study/work.
Two	Questions asking about the participant’s use of magnification devices (dental loupes, magnification glasses, and dental microscopes) and the sources of their knowledge about dental loupes.
Three	Attitude questions, including questions regarding which dental specialty should use dental loupes, the advantages and disadvantages of using loupes, and barriers to using dental loupes.
Four	The Nordic work-related MSD assessment [26], using selected items that investigated upper back, lower back, hip/thigh, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, knee, and ankle/foot pain.