A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF STRESS AND NECK PAIN AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN LAMPANG PROVINCE, THAILAND
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Stress, Neck pain, University studentsAbstract
University students are at risk for high levels of stress and incidence of neck pain among them are tends to increase due to many factors. This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to study level of stress, neck pain and relationships between factors among 200 university students in Lampang province, Thailand. Questionnaire was administered to investigate personal and sitting factors, stress level according to Department of Mental Health's Suan Prung Stress Test type 20 items, and the occurrence of neck pain in the past 12 months and 7 days. Seventy-six percent of our sample reported high to severe levels of stress. Neck pain in the past 12 months and the past 7 days was 53% and 31%, respectively among our samples. When controlling for the influence of personal and sitting factors, we found an increasing in stress score elevated the risk of having neck pain in the past 12 months and past 7 days by 1.06 and 1.05 times, respectively (aOR = 1.06, 95%CI: 1.03-1.08; p < 0.001; aOR = 1.05, 95%CI: 1.02-1.07; p <0.001). Related personnel or agencies should encourage policies or measures to reduce stress levels among university students which was expected to reduce the chance of neck pain among university students.
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