Evaluation of the Occupational Hazards among Clinical Dental Students and House Officers in Napata College in 2022
Evaluation of the Occupational Hazards among Clinical Dental Students and House Officers in Napata College in 2022
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Date
2023-12
Authors
Dalia Ahmed Gasm El seed
Mayada Mustafa Yagoub
Mohmmed Abdalmaged Ahmed
Rowa Murtada Hassan
Ruqaya Alfadil Idrees
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Napata College
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Background: Dental clinic environment is very demanding and stressful with its occupational
hazard that affecting the dentist well-being in addition to their physical health. Objective:
Evaluation of Occupational Hazards among Clinical Dental Students and House Officers in
Napata College .Material and Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted on December
2022. A total of 95 dental students and house officers (54 from 4th year) (30 from 5th year) (11
house officers) were involved from Napata College, Dentistry Programme, Sudan. Data was
collected using self-administered questionnaires including demographic and questions of
knowledge and attitude regarding Occupational Hazards among Clinical Dental Students and
House Officers. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results: (66.3 %) of
clinical dental students and house officers were female .Regarding the occupational hazard, the
majority of the participants 44.2 %, complained of back pain, 55.8 % of students experienced
sharp instruments injury and 42.1% of them washing then disinfecting the area of injury. 98% of
the participants had good knowledge about personal protective equipment (PPE) and 70.5 %
were using these equipments in their dental practice. 75.8 % of dental students and house officers strongly agree that sitting in correct position will help in avoiding musculoskeletal
symptoms. 55.8% of participants strongly agree that rubber dam is mandatory in any restorative
procedure Conclusion: This study showed a high prevalence of occupational hazards in Napata
dental clinic, especially for the musculoskeletal disorder and sharp instrument injury
.Considerable variation with knowledge, practice and management toward Occupational hazard
among the participants.
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