Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dental students and practitioners are frequently prone to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) due to the unawareness of ergonomic principles when practicing dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the dental student knowledge, attitude, and practice toward...
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| description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dental students and practitioners are frequently prone to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) due to the unawareness of ergonomic principles when practicing dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the dental student knowledge, attitude, and practice toward ergonomics in three different dental schools.
METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1166 dental students from three different dental schools of Andhra Pradesh, India, to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding ergonomics. All the participants were provided with prestructured questionnaire form comprising 13 questions to know their knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics before and after providing guidelines on ergonomic principles.
RESULTS: The majority of the dental students appreciate that the most affected regions due to work-related disorders were back (475 before and 559 after instructions), neck (354 and 420), hand and wrist (205 and 117), and shoulder and elbow (132 and 70), respectively. Knowledge and practice scores of dental students (mean and standard deviation) regarding WMSDs before and after applying ergonomic principles were 3.92 ± 2.44, 1.29 ± 1.67 and 5.81 ± 0.87, 3.03 ± 0.60, respectively.
CONCLUSION: The present study provides an insight into ergonomics for dental students during routine dental procedures. The knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics were satisfactorily increased among the participants. Thus, ergonomic education of the dental health-care personnel must be focused in all the educational institutions and at continuing dental health programs by delivering ergonomic principles both theoretically and practically and should be a part of the curriculum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f58c3a4a09e41d491b26d9581d184482022-12-21T23:52:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312020-01-019126626610.4103/jehp.jehp_208_20Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original researchP Mohan KumarS SahityaGautami S PenmetsaS SuprajaShivashankar KengadaranA ChaitanyaBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dental students and practitioners are frequently prone to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) due to the unawareness of ergonomic principles when practicing dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the dental student knowledge, attitude, and practice toward ergonomics in three different dental schools. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1166 dental students from three different dental schools of Andhra Pradesh, India, to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding ergonomics. All the participants were provided with prestructured questionnaire form comprising 13 questions to know their knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics before and after providing guidelines on ergonomic principles. RESULTS: The majority of the dental students appreciate that the most affected regions due to work-related disorders were back (475 before and 559 after instructions), neck (354 and 420), hand and wrist (205 and 117), and shoulder and elbow (132 and 70), respectively. Knowledge and practice scores of dental students (mean and standard deviation) regarding WMSDs before and after applying ergonomic principles were 3.92 ± 2.44, 1.29 ± 1.67 and 5.81 ± 0.87, 3.03 ± 0.60, respectively. CONCLUSION: The present study provides an insight into ergonomics for dental students during routine dental procedures. The knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics were satisfactorily increased among the participants. Thus, ergonomic education of the dental health-care personnel must be focused in all the educational institutions and at continuing dental health programs by delivering ergonomic principles both theoretically and practically and should be a part of the curriculum.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=266;epage=266;aulast=Kumarattitudedental studentsergonomicsknowledgemusculoskeletal disorders |
| spellingShingle | P Mohan Kumar S Sahitya Gautami S Penmetsa S Supraja Shivashankar Kengadaran A Chaitanya Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research Journal of Education and Health Promotion attitude dental students ergonomics knowledge musculoskeletal disorders |
| title | Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research |
| title_full | Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research |
| title_short | Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in India: An original research |
| title_sort | assessment of knowledge attitude and practice related to ergonomics among the students of three different dental schools in india an original research |
| topic | attitude dental students ergonomics knowledge musculoskeletal disorders |
| url | http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=266;epage=266;aulast=Kumar |
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