Knowledge and Awareness About the Occupational Hazard Among Dentist in Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi

Abstract

Objective: To determine the knowledge and awareness regarding the occupational hazard of dentistry professional.

Study Design: Non-probability convenient sampling

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, from June 2022 to Jul 2022.

Materials and Methods: This study surveyed a sample of 300 male and female dentists, including final year students, house officers, P.Gs, and specialists. Data was collected from mid-June 2022 to the end of July 2022 using a 39-question closed-ended questionnaire. The study aimed to analyze the responses using SPSS to understand the perceptions and experiences of the dental professionals in different institutions.

Results: Among the participants of the study, about 95% of the participants encircled in 21 to 30year old group, among them majority were females about 78% and 47% found to be undergrad students. Working experience, working hours, frequency of suffering from any of the above hazards, posture of doing RCT, were found to be statistically significant at p value significant at p value<0.001. 300 participants took part in the research in which males were 65(21.7%) in number and females were 234(78%). Musculoskeletal disorder was the main hazard which affects them with a prevalence rate of 59%.

Conclusion: In dentistry, hazards are still prevailing and this is regarded to be the most important issue for the dentist. The dentist is an important part of a country health system and their compromised health will cause a great setback for the country’s people as the clinician will not be able to treat them efficiently.