Musculoskeletal co‑morbidity was high and a significant
proportion of the subjects reported chronic complaints, medical
care seeking and absenteeism from work. Repeated prolonged
static postures are thought to initiate a series of events that
could account for pain, injuries, or career‑ending problems.[14]
Though no doctor suffered from career‑ending problems
because of MSD in our study, significant number of doctors,
i.e., 6 physicians, 29 surgeons and 36 dentists suffered from
absenteeism from job. Furthermore, the frequency and duration
of absenteeism from work due to MSD was maximum among
dentists and least among physicians in our study, may be due
to the factors discussed above.