Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 447-450
Prevalence of Work-Related Chronic Specific Neck Pain in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study in Dehradun
Dr Meenakshi Chauhan
Assistant Professor, Uttaranchal (PG) College of Biomedical SCS and Hospital, Dehradun.
ABSTRACT
60 subjects with non-specific work related neck pain age between 40-60 yrs were selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Informed consent forms were obtained from subjects. Prevalence of chronic non-specific work-related neck pain was measured by NPRS Score: It is a valid and reliable measure of chronic pain intensity. On 11- point numeric scale with 0 representing non pain and 10 represents the extreme pain. The NPRS was administered verbally and graphically for self completion. The Data was analysed for 60 subjects. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data. Data analysis was done using SPSS 20.0 version. Result of the study shows the prevalence of chronic work related non-specific neck pain among nurses is 51.7% or 52% approx.
Key words: work-related neck pain, Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS).
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