To Study About Postural Awareness And It’s Relation To Pain Among Doctors Of Central Gujarat- A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

As like other professionals, doctors also face musculoskeletal pain frequently. Now a days it is a substantial health concern for doctors as they have to work more. To meet a work requirement, they must adjust and adapt to various awkward postures at work. So, the current research aimed to find Postural awareness among doctors and related to musculoskeletal pain.

METHODOLOGY:This cross-Sectional study included 53 participants with background as doctors. Both male and female participants were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants ranged in age and gender. A Postural awareness scale was used to measure postural awareness, VAS was used to determined pain intensity. Correlation study was done between pain intensity and postural awareness.

RESULT: From 53 participants, there were 32 females and 21 males. From them almost 51% were working with government and 49% with private sectors. From all, 27 doctors had moderate pain, 3 had severe pain and 23 had mild to moderate pain. Highest of them had pain at evening time. Postural awareness is 53%( score- 45.90). correlation between pain intensity and postural awareness is positive for this.

CONCLUSION: The study showed the positive correlation between pain intensity and postural awareness in doctors and less postural awareness for participants doctors.