Volume 21 No 7 (2023)
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KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRATICE RELATED TO RISK FACTORS OF NECK PAIN IN SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
Rabia Wajahat, Nadeem Asghar, Farooq Isalam
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study is to access the knowledge, Attitude and Practice related to the risk factors of neck pain in school and university teachers. Method: A Descriptive cross-sectional (KAP) was conducted, and data was collected from university and school teachers. 359 questionnaire were distributed among the teachers with age( >25 to>45) years who has 3 years of working experience. A performa was used to collect the data. Data was analyzed to calculate the results through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: The age range in this study was (>25 to >45).There were 8.60% mens and 91.40% females. Overall knowledge was present in 66%, 24.2% had no knowledge, and 9.7% were unsure. According to attitudes, 0.3% strongly disagreed and 1.4% disagreed. 23.1% were neutral, 59.9% agreed, and 15.3% strongly agreed. In practice 11.4% has no difficulty.The difficulty level for 29.2% is modest. The difficulty level is moderate at 29.0%. 25.9% have a high difficulty level, while 4.5% have a very high difficulty level. The relation between Knowledge and practice was significant (p<0.5), and relationship between Attitude and Practice was also significant (p<0.5) Conclusion: Most teachers with a high age had awareness about the risk factors of neck pain as a result of their lecturing positions, but most lecturers with a low age had poor knowledge. The variables showed significant relationship between knowledge and attitude of the teachers. And relationship between knowledge and practices were also significant
Keywords
Neck pain, lecturing ,teaching , prevention strategies, knowledge , attitude , practice
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