Komal Ishaq, Mohsin Nawaz, Sumaira Rafaqat.
Prevalence of Neck Pain in Smokers & Computer Users at Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(3):770-2.

Aim: To find the incidence of neck pain in computer users Material and Method: A cross sectional study was done in FMH in which 600 employs were included of both gender using computer for minimum 4 consecutive hours with working of experience of at least 7-8 months were selected with non probability convenient based sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.00. Results: Out of 600 participants 63% were without neck pain and remaining 37% reported neck pain. In between, out of 157 smokers 120 had neck pain. The results also showed that there was significant relation of gender and smoking with neck pain but no significant relation of working hour and history with neck pain. Conclusion: Neck pain association was found with smoking and gender but no association was found of neck pain with family history or working hours.

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