Prevalência de dor osteomuscular em alunos do curso de odontologia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – MG

Abstract

The Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) are a disease that dentists are more likely to acquire, so prevention measures are indispensable to avoid this type of problem. Dentistry students are often exposed to risks inherent to the profession, this research is important for an understanding of the painful phenomenal that is the clinical practice of students of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), in addition to enabling the elaboration of a strategy for prevention of WMSDs. The work is a field research, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative approach, with a data collection intermediated by a self-administered questionnaire answered by the students. The studied population was composed of 80 students of the UFU Dentistry course, distributed in three periods: the first (n = 25), sixth (n = 30) and tenth (n = 25). Among those surveyed, 97.5% reported pain in a region of the body after a clinical activity, in addition, the lumbar region was more prevalent, followed by neck and shoulders. Therefore, it can be concluded that the dentistry students of the Faculty of Dentistry of UFU presented a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders.