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PRESENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHERS DUE TO ONLINE TEACHING DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC

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Purvi Patel, Maitri Shukla, G.P.Kumar
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.7.290

Abstract

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, in late March 2020, all schools and universities stopped face-to-face teaching and started using internet platforms to deliver online learning. This required more usage of laptop computers which can lead to many musculoskeletal disorders due to involving in awkward postures. So, the present study aims to find out the presence of musculoskeletal pain in health education teachers who are involved in online teaching since lockdown. Materials & Methods: In the present survey, health education teachers were approached to fill up the Self developed questionnaire online via Google form to collect the information regarding the working pattern of health education teachers and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used to identify the presence of musculoskeletal pain and its distribution. Result: Total 53 teachers were included in the study. Total 83% teachers had felt pain in any body region while 17 % didn’t have any pain in past 12 months. The pain felt was most common in Neck (66%), lower back (56.6%), upper back (54.7%), shoulder (28.3 %), knee (9.4%) and elbow, wrist and hip had 1.9% each while involved in online teaching during COVID 19 pandemic. However, the acute pain in past 7 days was felt by all the teachers and the distribution was neck 56.6%, upper and lower back 35.9%, shoulder 30.2%, knee 7.54%, wrist 5.6%, hip 3.7% and elbow 1.88%. Conclusion: Present study shows that many health education teachers were involved in online teaching during COVID 19 pandemic which lead to many musculoskeletal related pain in them. Out of which, neck and upper back was the commonest musculoskeletal pain.

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