Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Dental Health Workers, Southern Thailand

Table 4

Incidence (percent) of musculoskeletal symptoms that interfered with daily activities experienced by dental health workers in the previous 1 months by bodily location and days worked per week.

Musculoskeletal symptoms	Count (%); ()	Days worked per week		value	Exercise ()	No exercise ()	value
		≤6 ()	>6 ()
Trunk
Neck	48 (38.7)	2 (3.5)	46 (67.8)	<0.001	3 (5.1)	45 (69.2)	<0.001
Upper back	26 (21.0)	12 (20.7)	14 (21.2)	0.524	5 (8.4)	21 (32.3)	<0.001
Lower back	39 (31.5)	8 (13.8)	31 (47.0)	<0.001	17 (28.8)	22 (33.9)	0.057
Arms
Shoulders	59 (47.5)	2 (3.5)	57 (86.4)	<0.001	12 (20.3)	47 (72.3)	<0.001
Elbows	15 (12.1)	7 (12.1)	8 (12.1)	0.624	7 (11.9)	8 (12.3)	0.078
Hands/wrists	24 (19.4)	11 (19.0)	13 (19.7)	0.824	12 (20.3)	12 (18.5)	0.056
Lower body
Hips/thighs	5 (4.0)	0	5 (7.58)	<0.001	0	5 (7.7)	<0.001
Knees	30 (24.2)	11 (19.0)	19 (28.8)	0.042	2 (3.4)	28 (43.1)	<0.001
Ankles/feet	11 (8.9)	5 (8.6)	6 (9.1)	0.512	0	11 (16.9)	<0.001

Significantly associated at value of <0.05.