ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2015 | Volume
: 5 | Issue : 2 | Page : 47--50
Ergonomic work posture in undergraduate dentistry students: Correlation between theory and practice
Patricia Petromilli Nordi Sasso Garcia1, Ana Carolina de Araujo Gottardello2, Cristina Dupim Presoto3, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos1
1 Department of Social Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, S�o Paulo, Brazil
2 Department of Restorative Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, S�o Paulo, Brazil
3 Department of Social Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, S�oDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, S�o Paulo Paulo, Brazil
Correspondence Address:
Patricia Petromilli Nordi Sasso Garcia
Rua Humait�, 1680 Centro, Araraquara, S�o Paulo 14801-903
Brazil
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�SQ� 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�SQ�s correlation coefficient (r), and the significance was tested using Student�SQ�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.
How to cite this article:
Sasso Garcia PP, de Araujo Gottardello AC, Presoto CD, Bonini Campos JA. Ergonomic work posture in undergraduate dentistry students: Correlation between theory and practice.J Educ Ethics Dent 2015;5:47-50
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How to cite this URL:
Sasso Garcia PP, de Araujo Gottardello AC, Presoto CD, Bonini Campos JA. Ergonomic work posture in undergraduate dentistry students: Correlation between theory and practice. J Educ Ethics Dent [serial online] 2015 [cited 2023 Jun 9 ];5:47-50
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