Body Awareness in Dentistry Students and Working Dentists
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The current study aims to comparison the body awareness and musculoskeletal problems of 1st dentistry students, intern students and working dentists and also investigate the factors affecting the body awareness over the years in dentistry profession.
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Detailed Description
Dentists also have the highest prevalence among the occupational groups providing health services. More than 60% of dentists have pain in at least one of their body parts.Pain due to musculoskeletal disorders can affect body awareness of person have chronic pain. Body awareness is known as the capacity to distinguish body parts and has an important role in promoting well-coordinated movements. The current study aims to comparison the body awareness and musculoskeletal problems of 1st dentistry students, intern students and working dentists and also investigate the factors affecting the body awareness over the years in dentistry profession.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| 1st dentistry students 1st dentistry students |
Other: questionnaire
All questionnaire were obtained via online survey system.
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| Intern dentistry students 5th dentistry students |
Other: questionnaire
All questionnaire were obtained via online survey system.
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| working dentists dentists who have worked for at least two years |
Other: questionnaire
All questionnaire were obtained via online survey system.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Body Awareness Questionnaire [At baseline]
The questionnaire includes physical, emotional and social elements about the sensitivity of a person to normal or abnormal body conditions and processes and questioning the sensitivity to physical reactions.
- Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire [At baseline]
The questionnaire, was developed by Nordic Council of Ministers in 1987, evaluates musculoskeletal pain intensities of nine body parts; neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, upper and lower back, hip, knee and ankle in the last seven days.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Oswestry Disability Index [At baseline]
Oswestry Disability Index assesses ten different aspects of disability (pain, personal care, lifting, sitting, standing, sleeping, sex life, social life, walking, and travelling).
- Neck Disability Index [At baseline]
It is the most commonly used outcome measure for neck pain and it contains 10 subsections consisting of severity of pain, personal care, lifting, reading, headache, concentration, work, driving, sleeping, and leisure activities.
- Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale [At baseline]
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale is used for assessing the anxiety and depression levels of the patients.
- Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia [At baseline]
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale was used for evaluating kinesiophobia.
- Nottingham Health Profile: [At baseline]
It contains scales for physical mobility, social isolation, sleep, pain, emotional reactions and energy.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- The inclusion criteria are being between the ages of 18 and 65 and had been practising dentistry for more than two years for dentists group.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The exclusion criteria are had a surgical history of vertebral column or any neurological or inflammatory disorders or trauma history.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Hacettepe University
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Publications
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