Prevalence and Risk Factors of Neck Pain among the Hospital Front and Back Office Workers at the Nairobi Hospital, Kenya

To identify the prevalence and risk factor of neck pain among the hospital front and back-office workers at The Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. Descriptive cross-sectional studies was carried out among 133 participants on the prevalence and risk factors of neck pain at a specific point of time defined by the population. All variables were collected within a specified duration. An adapted structured close ended questionnaire was used, covering group-made questions for population parameters and variables, for screening neck status for the enrolled participants. In addition to the adapted questionnaire from the Oswestry Neck Disability Index (ONDI) combined with our variables, participants were requested to fill out an adapted combined self-developed questionnaire consisting of demographics characteristics; age, gender, duration of employment, and pain intensity.

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