Ergonomic Evaluation of Dental Professionals as Determined by Rapid Entire Body Assessment Method in 2014

Jahanimoghadam, Fatemeh; Horri, Azadeh; Hasheminejad, Naimeh; Hasheminejad, Naser; Baneshi, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.30476/dentjods.2018.41797

Ergonomic Evaluation of Dental Professionals as Determined by Rapid Entire Body Assessment Method in 2014

Document Type : Short Communication

Authors

Fatemeh Jahanimoghadam ¹

Azadeh Horri ¹

Naimeh Hasheminejad ²

Naser Hasheminejad ³

Mohammad Reza Baneshi ⁴

¹ Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kerman Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

² PhD Student, Kerman Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

³ Dept. of Occupational Health, School of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

⁴ Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30476/dentjods.2018.41797

Abstract

Background and aim: Among occupational diseases in dentists, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the major causes for loss of working days, increasing costs and human occupational injury and absence from work. Incorrect body postures are the most important cause of musculoskeletal disorders. It is important to identify the risk factors and the degree of harm in order to understand whether the condition is critical or not. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the work postures of general dentists and specialists by Rapid Entire Body Assessment) REBA (method in Kerman, Iran.Materials and methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the risk levels of musculoskeletal disorders were assessed in 90 dentists, using REBA method. Stratified sampling method was used and data were analyzed with SPSS21, using T-test, ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. P