Relationship between Neck Pain and Quality of Life among Specialist Residents: A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Residents were faced with stress, learning problems, long training hours in hospital wards and clinics; and also increasing use of computers in teaching and learning, during residency period. This become risk factor that could increase the prevalence of neck pain (NP) among residents. Since prolonged use of computers during daily work and leisure activities is often cited as a cause of neck pain, it can also influence resident work performance and reduce quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between NP and QoL in Residents. A cross-sectional based daring questionnaire survey using Neck Disability Index (NDI) and QoL SF-36 to Resident of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Jakarta. There was 51 subjects, the frequency of NP was 46(90,2%), there were a moderate correlation between NDI and SF -36 in domain of physical health (PH) (r=-0,436,p<0,01), energy/fatique (EF) (r=-0,409,p<0,01), and pain (P) (r=-0,689, p<0,01). There was a correlation between NP and QoL in domain of PH, EF, and P.