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Year : 2015  |  Volume : 5  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 47-50

Ergonomic work posture in undergraduate dentistry students: Correlation between theory and practice


1 Department of Social Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
2 Department of Restorative Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
3 Department of Social Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SãoDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, São Paulo Paulo, Brazil

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Patricia Petromilli Nordi Sasso Garcia
Rua Humaitá, 1680 Centro, Araraquara, São Paulo 14801-903
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0974-7761.188568

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Context: The presence of theoretical knowledge on ergonomics, as well as its practical application, is very important to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. Aims: Correlating between the theoretical knowledge of ergonomic posture and its practical application among dentistry students, as well as between the students' theoretical knowledge and their practical self-assessment. Settings and Design: Sixty second-year graduate students of Araraquara Dental School, UNESP were evaluated. Subjects and Methods: Each student responded to a multiple-choice questionnaire on the requirements of ergonomic posture and received a score (0-10 points). To analyze the practical implementation of work posture and the self-assessment, photographs were taken of students performing laboratory procedures. To assess the practical application, each procedure was assessed by a calibrated researcher (ρ =0.78) and received a score (0-10 points). For the self-assessment, each student analyzed the photographs of their own posture and received a score (0-10 points). The theoretical knowledge and the self-assessment practice were corrected by the researcher. Statistical Analysis: A descriptive statistical analysis was performed. The correlation between theoretical knowledge and practical application and between theoretical knowledge and self-assessment were estimated using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r), and the significance was tested using Student's t-test. The level of significance was set at 5%. Results: There was no correlation between theoretical knowledge and practical application (r = 0.100, P = 0.450) nor between theoretical knowledge and the practical self-assessment score (r = 0.067, P = 0.623). Conclusions: The theoretical knowledge of students on ergonomics was greater than its practical application and their self-assessment, and there was no correlation between them.


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