Burden of shoulder and/neck pain among school teachers in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulder and neck pain are reported as the most common occupational-related health problem and cause of morbidity, absenteeism from work among school teachers worldwide. School teachers represent an occupational group, who are exposed and appears to have prevalent shoulder and/or neck pain due to their daily work tasks and the nature of work. There is a scant epidemiological study regarding shoulder and neck pain among school teachers in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was set out to assess the prevalence and associated factors of shoulder and/or neck pain among school teachers of Gondar town in North West Ethiopia.

Method

An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2016 to January 2017, a structured questionnaire adapted from the Nord

SUBMITTER: Temesgen MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature