Prevelance of Cervical Pain in Make-up Artist and Hair Dressers of Lahore

Abstract

Background: The overall incidence of cervical pain in makeup artists is well known. In our study we attempted to work on the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist and hair dressers due to prolong consecutive working hours and awkward body posture. Purpose: The sole purpose of this research was to find the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist and hair dressers while performing their make-up and hair cutting for consecutive long working hours. Method.It was a cross-sectional study design. 150 participants were taken and it includes makeup artists, hair dressers.Non-probability Convenient Sampling technique was used and the main target population age lies between 25-40 years.The inclusion criteria were25-40 years age,both genders are included, more than 8-9 consecutive working hours in salon, static posture for long period of time and use of Dominant hand. The Exclusion criteria wastraumatic injury to cervical, Fracture, Tumors,Cervical spondylosis, Recent surgery,Cervical rib, working hours less than inclusion criteria. Results: Out of 150 workers 37.33% of workers were suffering from mild cervical pain, 22% of workers had moderate pain and 0.67% of workers were suffering from very severe pain. In 40% of individuals sleep was occasionally disturbed and 38.6% of workers reported of experiencing numbness in arms. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that make-up artist and hairdressers have cervical pain and numbness in arms due to prolong working hours which ultimately affect their ergonomics and posture of neck and body. These consecutive long working hours and use of dominant hand cause strain in cervical muscles which alsolimit the neck movements. Keywords: Cervical pain, Incidence, Ergonomics, Mechanics, Salon workers, Prevalence.

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“…Furthermore, it was comparable to the study 17 which found that working more hours per week (46-59, as opposed to 8-39) was associated with a higher prevalence of neck pain. Another study 18 demonstrated neck pain and lack of movement in cervical muscles due to increased working hours and inappropriate posture, the results were comparable to the present study.…”