“Prevalence of Neck Pain and Related Factor...

“Prevalence of Neck Pain and Related Factors among Office Workers in Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu, India”

Author Name : Goldlin Jebaselvi. H, Lokesh Raj.S, Melvi George, Uma. M, Yuvaraj. M.S, Manjula. J

ABSTRACT An descriptive study was conducted to assess the prevalence of neck pain and related factors among office workers in a chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. Objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence and related factors of neck pain among office workers, to determine the correlation between the prevalence and related factors of neck pain among office workers and to associate the prevalence of neck pain with selected demographic variables of office workers. The sample of the study was chosen by purposive sampling technique, which includes 65 office workers. The data collection was validated and reliability was determined and pilot study was conducted, following which the data collection was carried out. Data procured was interpreted by descriptive and inferential statistics. Analysis of data was executed in terms of frequency, percentage distribution, mean and standard deviation, chi-square test for the prevalence of neck pain and related factors among office workers. Study revealed that Pearson-correlation greater than 0.7 is considered as the good correlation so that the factors of neck pain are not related to the experience of pain. The job experience (0.003) and hours of work in a day (0.038) is statistically significant with experience of pain. Age, gender and education qualification are not statistically significant with experience of pain. The study concluded that more hours of work the more often they get neck pain and also the more years of work there is high probability that they will have neck pain.