Volume 26, Issue 127, September 2022

The prevalence of hand pain and its risk factors among dental students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ali Asiri^1,2,3♦, Dana Albassri^1,2,3, Tariq Alswayyed^1,2,3

¹College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
²King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Ali Khaled Asiri, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Assessment of the prevalence of hand pain and its most common risk factors in dental students in Riyadh was the study aim. A questionnaire was sent to dental students through their emails. The questionnaire measured the prevalence, comfortability, interference, and frequency of pain in six different areas of their hands. The results indicated that 74.2% of the students had experienced hand pain, which was considered significant. 53.7% of them had pain in the right hand, 8.4% in the left hand, and 12.1% in both hands. In the left hand, the most area experienced pain was area D (28.1%), while in the right hand, it was area E (28.5%). The results also revealed that prevalence of hand pain was higher among female students. It also showed that ergonomics and stress had an impact on hand pain development. In conclusion, further studies are required on the effects of ergonomics and stress on development of pain in the hands and its management.

Keywords: Hand pain, Hand discomfort, Musculoskeletal pain, Dental students, Ergonomics, Musculoskeletal pain

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms372e2451

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i127/ms372e2451

Published: 20 September 2022