PREVALENCE OF NECK PAIN AMONG FASHION DESIGNING STUDENTS

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Dr Mahnoor Bugti, Dr Basit Ansari, Dr Muhammad Khan, Dr Nazia Jameel, Dr Ruqaya Nangrejo

Keywords

Neck pain, Fashion Designing, Musculosketal disorders

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of neck pain among fashion designing students in Karachi, Pakistan.


Materials and Methods:


A cross-sectional study was conducted on 220 undergraduate fashion designing students randomly selected from different fashion designing institutes. Modified


Neck Disability Index (NDI) Questionnaire was used. Data was analysed using


IBM SPSS BASE Licence version 23.00.


Result:


A total number of 220 participants (23.2% male, 76.8% female) were selected for the study out of whom 23.2% were male and remaining 76.8% were female. Out of 220 students, 81.8% reported having neck pain, while 18.2% reported not having neck pain.


Conclusion:


It is concluded that majority of the participants reported having neck pain. It measured about 82% participants. Neck pain was more prevalent in females (76.8%) than in males (23.2%). Students rated their pain on VAS, and in the majority of students, the intensity of pain is moderate.

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