Prevalence of neck pain among the Physiotherapy students of Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI)

Abstract

Purpose: To find out the prevalence of neck pain among physiotherapy students. Objectives:To identifythesocio-demography (age, sex,year)oftheaffected group, to identify the percentage of neck pain among the students, to find out the male female ratio of neck pain, to find out the most affected age group of neck pain, to identifytheprobable causes ofneck pain,tofind outpreferablestudyposture, study duration, treatment options. Methodology: The study design was cross sectional. Total 112 samples were selected by convenience sampling from 3rd year and 4th year B.Sc in physiotherapy student of Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP, Savar, Dhaka. Data was collected by mixed type questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis which focused on pie chart and bar chart. Results: In this study total 112 students were participated. The Prevalence of neck pain was 86(76.8%) among the students. The prevalence of neck pain was higher among female students at 51(59.8%) than male 35(40.2%) students. The highest prevalence was found among computer or other electronic device users (63.4%) and long duration of studying hours (58.9%). 45.5% participants said that their neck pain due to long duration of attending class and 67.9% participants said poor ergonomic factor was responsible for neck pain. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that neck pain is prevalent among the students of Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh and this may be associated with gender, long duration of studyingtimeandcomputerorotherelectronicdeviceuse.