A Survey Study of Occupational Pain and Injury in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeons
| Autor: | Charles L. Rosen, Ashish D. Nimbarte, Jennifer A. Sivak-Callcott, Sebastian R. Diaz, Alan M. Ducatman, Judith A. Sedgeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Reconstructive surgery medicine.medical_specialty Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures Occupational Exposure Neck injury Humans Medicine Practice Patterns Physicians' Societies Medical Aged Neck pain Neck Pain Practice patterns business.industry Survey research General Medicine Middle Aged Plastic Surgery Procedures Health Surveys United States Loupe Occupational Diseases Ophthalmology Back Pain Workforce Physical therapy Wounds and Injuries Female Surgery Spine injury Occupational exposure medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 27:28-32 |
| ISSN: | 0740-9303 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To determine factors associated with pain/injury related to practicing ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. METHODS A 29-question electronic survey was sent to the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's listserv. The Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detector technique was used to generate a decision tree using SPSS software. The levels of dendograms were limited to 8. Significance was pre-established at α = 0.05. RESULTS One hundred thirty surveys were completed, and 72.5% reported pain associated with operating, 80.9% reported use of loupe magnification, 68.7% reported use of a headlight, 42.5% reported modification of their operating room practice, and 9.2% reported stopping operating due to pain or spine injury. Most respondents regularly exercise, with 55.7% characterizing the amount of exercise as less than necessary; 60.8% and 57.3% agreed that loupe use and headlamp use, respectively, can lead to spine problems.Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detector analysis found that 62.7% (n = 47) with neck pain had modified their operating room practice, compared with 13.5% (n = 7) without pain (χ = 30.42; df = 1; p < 0.001); All surgeons that had to stop operating (n = 9) had tried modifying their operating room practice; over half (57.6%, n = 38) of practicing surgeons had changed their operating room practice (χ = 6.09; df = 1; p = 0.014). The majority who exercised 5 hours or less had modified their operating room practice (70.2%, n = 33), compared with 26.3% (n = 5) who exercised more. CONCLUSIONS Many oculoplastic surgeons experience discomfort due to operating, and an alarming minority have stopped operating due to pain or neck injury. Participants identified loupe and headlamp use as a special concern. |
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