Evaluation of the perception of cervical disability students of undergraduate of careers in dentistry, medicine and nursing from the University of the Andes: Cross-sectional study

Abstract

Objective:The aim was to evaluate prevalence in perception cervical disorders in students of undergraduate dentistry, medicine and nursing from the University of the Andes. Through the use of a survey of the index of disability cervical, widely used for this purpose. Methods: A study whose design was a cross-sectional descriptive. The number of study subjects was n = 232 students, between students of 1 st , 3 rd , and 5 th of dentistry, medicine and nursing, who agreed to participate voluntarily in this study. Subsequently applied the rate of the cervical disability (neck disability index) survey to all the students that make up the study group. This survey consists of 10 questions and each one of them has 5 possible answers, then to each response is assigned a score of 0-5 points, being the maximum of 50 score. Results: It was determined in the first instance the prevalence of cervical dysfunction for each career altogether, getting that 91% of surveyed students of dentistry, 63% of the students of medicine and 70% of nursing students showed some degree of disability. Conclusions: Students of dentistry, medicine and nursing have a high prevalence of perception of some degree of cervical disability, being higher in upper courses the career of all the groups studied the greater prevalence and severity observed in students of dentistry. The women surveyed reported higher prevalence and severity in their perception of cervical dysfunction.