Vol. 11 (03) pp. 1019-1026 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16528

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TOWARDSERGONOMICS AND POSTUREAMONG DENTAL STUDENTS OF THE ABULCASIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES INRABAT, MOROCCO

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  • Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.
  • Abulcasis International Universityof Health Sciences in Rabat, Morocco.
  • PHDStudent Facultyof sciences MohammedV Universityin Rabat, Morocco.
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Abstract

Introduction : do not adopt correct working posture can lead to occupational diseases. Theobjective of this work is to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of 4th and 5th yeardental students regarding work positions.

Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectionalobservational study conducted among 4th, 5thand 6thyear dental students atAbulcasisInternationalUniversityofHealthSciencesinRabat,Morocco.Themediumofthesurveywasan anonymous and individual questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using Jamovisoftware. A difference was considered significant when p < 0.05.

Result: Out of the 123studentsparticipatinginthestudy,Fourth-yearstudentswerethemostrepresentedinthisstudywith48(39%)participants.111(90.2%)respondentstudentshadreceivedtrainingonergonomicsandworkingpostures.99(80.5%)studentsreportedapplyingergonomicsprinciples to their daily practice.Student levels of knowledge regarding ergonomics andworkingpostureswereaverageoverall.Studentsstatedthattheyalwaysadjustedtheirworkingposture depending on the procedure to be performed in 53 (48%) of the cases. In practice,workingposturesadopteddependingontheareatobetreatedwerehighlyvariable

Conclusion:Thepresentstudyprovidesanoverviewofstudentsknowledge,attitudesandpracticesregardingworkpositions.Thefindingwaspositiveeventhoughthestudyonlyreflectsstudentsopinions on work positions.

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Radia Hamdoun, Safae Takmachti, Afaf Alaoui and Zouheir Ismaili (2023); KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TOWARDSERGONOMICS AND POSTUREAMONG DENTAL STUDENTS OF THE ABULCASIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES INRABAT, MOROCCO, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 11 (03), 1019-1026, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16528

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Dr. Radia Hamdoun
Department of periodontology Faculty of Dental Medicine, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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