Abstract

BARBOSA DE SOUZA, Fábio; RIBEIRO BRAGA COSTA, Isabelle; SILVA PINTO, Larissa Lívia  and  CABRAL DE MELO, Márcia Maria Dantas. Musculoskeletal disorders associated to dentists work activities in Brazilian primary health care. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2017, vol.27, n.4, pp.210-218. ISSN 1019-4355.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20453/reh.v27i4.3212.

Objectives: It was aimed to verify the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) of dentists from the primary health care network in Recife, Brazil. Material and Methods: The Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptom Questionnaire was used having as goal to identify the presence of pain, discomfort or dormancy in different body areas. Results: The musculoskeletal symptoms associated with the practice of Dentistry were mentioned by 97.3% of the interviewees. Neck (56.75%); fist/hands/fingers (54.06%); shoulders (51.35%) and lumbar region (48.65%) were the most affected locations. When measuring the association between WRMSD and the “5” extra-professional variables studied, only physical activity was associated with symptoms in the fist / hands / fingers area (p <0.05). Conclusions: A high prevalence of WRMSD was observed in dentists of Recife. The practice of regular physical activity showed to be a possible protective factor for the fist/hands/fingers lesions.

Keywords : Epidemiology; health care; occupational diseases.

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