Rabia Abbasi, Hafsa Zahid, Adeela Mumtaz, Ashfaq Ahmed.
Prevalence of Neck Pain in School Teachers of Lahore.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(1):553-5.

Objective: Neck pain is a major cause of disability now days. Schoolteachers are much prevalent to it as their job involves head down posture tasks for example checking of notebooks and assignments, use of computer with inappropriate posture. Moreover, writing on boards can also develop a risk of occupational related neck pain. There are a lot more reasons of neck pain such as cigarette smoking, inappropriate sleeping posture and sedentary lifestyle. This study was conducted to check the prevalence of neck pain among schoolteachers of Lahore. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Data was collected from 24 different private and government schools. The sample size consisted of 1000 teachers, which were selected randomly. Information related to participant`s demographics, work characteristics, occupational factors, musculoskeletal systems and pain was collected. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 16 version. Results :The prevalence of neck pain among teachers calculated was 16.8%. There were 75.4% were females 24.6% were males in this study. 16.8% teachers marked that neck pain disturb their daily life activities. Conclusion Neck pain is quite associated with teaching profession. Modifiable factors included smoking, exposure to tobacco and psychological health. Non-modifiable risk factors included age, gender and genetics.

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