Analysis of Neck Pain and Related Factors in Medical Students

Fan-yuan MENG; Xin TANG; Mo-xian CHEN; Yang WANG; Jin-xiu LI; Wen-li BAO

doi:10.12259/j.issn.2095-610X.S20201208

Volume 41 Issue 12

Dec. 2019

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Fan-yuan MENG, Xin TANG, Mo-xian CHEN, Yang WANG, Jin-xiu LI, Wen-li BAO. Analysis of Neck Pain and Related Factors in Medical Students[J]. Journal of Kunming Medical University, 2020, 41(12): 11-17. doi: 10.12259/j.issn.2095-610X.S20201208

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Fan-yuan MENG, Xin TANG, Mo-xian CHEN, Yang WANG, Jin-xiu LI, Wen-li BAO. Analysis of Neck Pain and Related Factors in Medical Students[J]. Journal of Kunming Medical University, 2020, 41(12): 11-17. doi: 10.12259/j.issn.2095-610X.S20201208

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Analysis of Neck Pain and Related Factors in Medical Students

doi: 10.12259/j.issn.2095-610X.S20201208

School of Rehabilitation，Kunming Medical University，Kunming Yunnan 650500，China

Received Date: 2020-05-15
Publish Date: 2019-12-26

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Objective To investigate the incidence and related influencing factors of neck pain in medical students, as well as the symptoms of neck pain and their impact on daily life. Methods A self-designed questionnaire was used to survey medical students at Kunming Medical University from September 2018 to October 2019. A random sampling survey was used to select 850 medical students for survey（836 valid questionnaires）, including general conditions, neck pain related conditions and their impact on daily life, and analyse related factors of neck pain. Results In the 12-month survey, 658 out of 836 medical students reported they have had neck pains（78.71%）, the rest 178 reported they did not have neck pains（21.29%）. The occurrence of neck pain was correlated with the time of using mobile phones, the time of reading and writing at the desk every day, backpack habits, psychological status, and whether they did daily neck exercises（P < 0.05）. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the likelihood of neck pain increased by 1.392 times with each increase in daily cell phone use（OR = 1.392）; those respondents who did not do regular neck exercise were 1.183-fold more likely to have neck pain than those who did regular neck exercise（OR = 1.943）. The overwhelming majority of medical students with cervical pain were assessed as mildly dysfunctional by cervical spine dysfunction index NDI. Conclusion Medical students have a high incidence of neck pain, which is caused by many factors, including the time they use mobile phones every day, the time they read and write at the desk, backpack habits, psychological status, and daily neck exercise. Regular neck exercise can reduce the incidence of neck pain. It is recommended that medical students take regular neck exercise. The impact on daily life are mild among those students with neck pain.
- Neck pain,
- Medical students,
- Related factors

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