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Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors

Introduction  Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) are defined as conditions that the environment contributes significantly to / worsens due to work conditions. WMSD comes second in the source of disability in both developed and developing countries. The aim of this study is to measure the...

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Autores principales: Aldukhayel, Abdulrhman, Almeathem, Fatimah K, Aldughayyim, Aram A, Almeshal, Razan A, Almeshal, Emtenan A, Alsaud, Jolan S, Albaltan, Reema I
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Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34595078
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17510
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author Aldukhayel, Abdulrhman
Almeathem, Fatimah K
Aldughayyim, Aram A
Almeshal, Razan A
Almeshal, Emtenan A
Alsaud, Jolan S
Albaltan, Reema I
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Almeathem, Fatimah K
Aldughayyim, Aram A
Almeshal, Razan A
Almeshal, Emtenan A
Alsaud, Jolan S
Albaltan, Reema I
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description Introduction  Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) are defined as conditions that the environment contributes significantly to / worsens due to work conditions. WMSD comes second in the source of disability in both developed and developing countries. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence, patterns, and risk factors of musculoskeletal pain disorders among teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among school teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. A validated online Arabic questionnaire was distributed among teachers living in the Qassim region through multiple social networking applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. The questionnaire consisted of Socio-demographic characteristics, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and a modified version of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening questionnaire. Results A total of 503 school teachers were recruited. The proportion of musculoskeletal pain was 91%, and the most common site of pain was back (74.4%), followed by the shoulder (57.5%) and leg (51.5%). The proportion of disabling pain was (80.1%) while the rest was non-disabling pain (19.9%). In the multiple regression model, the predictors of increased disabling pain were back pain, leg pain, neck pain, and those with 51-70 kg weight. In comparison, the predictors of decreased disabling pain were having more than 7 hours of sleep and those with 20-30 classes per week. Conclusion Musculoskeletal pain disorders were widely prevalent among school teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Most teachers considered pain as disabling, which negatively affected their attendance. The back, shoulder, and neck were the most painful sites associated with disabling pain.
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spelling pubmed-84737702021-09-29 Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors Aldukhayel, Abdulrhman Almeathem, Fatimah K Aldughayyim, Aram A Almeshal, Razan A Almeshal, Emtenan A Alsaud, Jolan S Albaltan, Reema I Cureus Family/General Practice Introduction  Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) are defined as conditions that the environment contributes significantly to / worsens due to work conditions. WMSD comes second in the source of disability in both developed and developing countries. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence, patterns, and risk factors of musculoskeletal pain disorders among teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among school teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. A validated online Arabic questionnaire was distributed among teachers living in the Qassim region through multiple social networking applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. The questionnaire consisted of Socio-demographic characteristics, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and a modified version of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening questionnaire. Results A total of 503 school teachers were recruited. The proportion of musculoskeletal pain was 91%, and the most common site of pain was back (74.4%), followed by the shoulder (57.5%) and leg (51.5%). The proportion of disabling pain was (80.1%) while the rest was non-disabling pain (19.9%). In the multiple regression model, the predictors of increased disabling pain were back pain, leg pain, neck pain, and those with 51-70 kg weight. In comparison, the predictors of decreased disabling pain were having more than 7 hours of sleep and those with 20-30 classes per week. Conclusion Musculoskeletal pain disorders were widely prevalent among school teachers in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Most teachers considered pain as disabling, which negatively affected their attendance. The back, shoulder, and neck were the most painful sites associated with disabling pain. Cureus 2021-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8473770/ /pubmed/34595078 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17510 Text en Copyright © 2021, Aldukhayel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Aldukhayel, Abdulrhman
Almeathem, Fatimah K
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Almeshal, Razan A
Almeshal, Emtenan A
Alsaud, Jolan S
Albaltan, Reema I
Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title_full Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title_fullStr Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title_full_unstemmed Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title_short Musculoskeletal Pain Among School Teachers in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, Pattern, and Its Risk Factors
title_sort musculoskeletal pain among school teachers in qassim, saudi arabia: prevalence, pattern, and its risk factors
topic Family/General Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34595078
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17510
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