Results
The data on MSD among physicians, surgeons and dentists
in terms of pain and its effect on the job were presented in
Table 1. Of the 100 in each group, the highest prevalence of
musculoskeletal pain was in dentists 61% (61/100), followed
by surgeons 37% (37/100) and least in physicians 20%
(20/100). Table 2 showed that 15% (3/20) of physicians with
MSD, 40% (15/37) of surgeons with MSD and 60% (35/61)
of dentists with MSD had MSD problems in more than one
site. Among physicians, most of the musculoskeletal pain was
distributed in the neck and lower back region, whereas among
dentists and surgeons musculoskeletal pain was distributed
to other parts of the body also, though in majority MSD was
experienced in the neck and lower back regions. A total of
36 dentists had pain and discomfort in different parts of the
body that caused the absence from work in last 12 months