Prevalence of neck pain among the undergraduate physical therapy students of university of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
<p>Objective: To assess the prevalence of pain among the undergraduate physical therapy students of university of Balochistan, Quetta.</p><p>Material & method: A cross sectional study was carried out among the 158 participants who were enrolled in department of Physical Therapy...
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100 | 1 | 0 | |a Shivum Sachdev |e author |
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245 | 0 | 0 | |a Prevalence of neck pain among the undergraduate physical therapy students of university of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan |
260 | |b Journal of Novel Physiotherapy and Physical Rehabilitation - Peertechz Publications, |c 2021-07-30. | ||
520 | |a <p>Objective: To assess the prevalence of pain among the undergraduate physical therapy students of university of Balochistan, Quetta.</p><p>Material & method: A cross sectional study was carried out among the 158 participants who were enrolled in department of Physical Therapy, University of Balochistan, Quetta. The participants were requested to answer the self-developed questionnaire consists of different questions (demographics & onset of pain). The collected data was analyzed by using statistical package of social sciences (Spss) version 21.</p><p>Results: The Majority (n=101, 63.9%) of the participants were from the age group of 18 to 22 years and (n=91, 57.6%) were female. Whereas in marital status mostly (n=147, 93%) of the participants were un-married. Majority (n=49, 31%) of the participants were the enrolled in the 1st professional year. After checking their working status (n=144, 91.1%) were not doing any job, whereas (n=131, 82.9%) of the participants were not taking any medicines for the management of neck pain. In the onset of pain (n=109, 68.9%) of the participants reported the occasional onset of pain followed by the (n=21, 13.3%) frequent pain. </p><p>Conclusion: The study concludes that the prevalence of neck pain among the undergraduate physical therapy students of university of Balochistan was high and measured about 69%.</p> | ||
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