Prevalence of De-Quervain’s Tenosynovitis and Its Association with Text Messaging in Collegiate Girl Students of Amritsar

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to search the prevalence of De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis in collegiate girl students of Amritsar and its association with mobile size and text messaging per day by the students. Materials and methods: To fulfill the purpose, randomly selected 201 girl students those who used their smart phones of different sizes and for texting varied number of SMS every day, aged 18-26 years, were selected from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to measure the pain in wrist. The Finkelstein test was conducted on the subjects to ascertain their De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis status. Chi-square test was applied to search any association of De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis and mobile size and SMS messaging by the students. Results: It was observed that, out of 201 girl students, 20.89% were reported Finkelstein test positive. Statistically, highly significant (p<0.001) association was found between positive Finkelstein status and the mobile size and SMS messaging per day by the collegiate girl students. Conclusion: It might be concluded that 20.89% of the girl students had De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Statistically highly significant association was found between positive Finkelstein status and the mobile size and SMS messaging per day by the collegiate girl students.