TY  - THES
TY  - BOOK
T1  - Evaluation of the risk factors contributed to musculoskeletal pain among medical students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMSH), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2013
A1  - Chalida Bunthan E Tooi.
LA  - English
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/55189
AB  - Background: Musculoskeletal pain is the pain that affects the bones, joints, muscles, or surrounding structures. Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common causes of severe pain and disability that affects millions of people around the world, including Malaysia. University students are commonly affected by musculoskeletal pain thus a research in this field is needed to reduce the burden of it.  Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal pain among medical students in FHMS, UPM.  Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 506 respondents using a questionnaire that consists of 3 sections: anthropometric, socio-demographic, ergonomic characteristics respectively. The study was conducted in FMHS, UPM and achieved 83% response rate.  Results: The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among the respondents for the past 12 months is 51.4% Common musculoskeletal pain areas are neck (80.3%), lower back (70.2%) and the upper arms and/or shoulder (63.3%) respectively. Majority are normal in nutritional status (71.9%). Most ofthe respondents are 20 years old (27.1%), The percentage offemale  (40.1 %) was more than male (59.9%).The highest ethnicity percentage are Malays (63.2%). Most ofthe respondents use computer for 1-3 hours per day (53.3%).There is no association between musculoskeletal pain and nutritional status (p=0.920), age (p=O.1 08), and ethnicity (p=0.240) respectively. There is an association musculoskeletal pain and gender (p=0.002) and hours of computer usage per day (p=0.005)  Conclusion: 218 out of 424 respondents (51.4%) who participated in this study had musculoskeletal pain for the past 12 months. Chi-square test showed that there is a significant association between gender and hours ofcomputer usage per day. However there is no association between nutritional status, age, and ethnicity.  Keyword: Musculoskeletal pain, anthropometric, sociodemographic, ergonomic, prevalence, associatedfactors
NO  - A second year ( Package 11) project dissertation.
CN  - FPSK1 2013 1
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