PREVALENCIA DEL SINDROME DE TÚNEL CARPIANO Y SUS FACTORES ASOCIADOS EN ODONTÓLOGOS DE LA CIUDAD DE BUCARAMANGA Y SU ÁREA METROPOLITANA

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and its associated factors in dentists of Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area.Materials and methods: An analytical cross section observational study was made. The universe were 250 dentists and the sample 156 dentists that were chosen by a simple random sampling. The relationship between the presence of CTS with each variable was analyzed by means of test of chi2 and Fisher´s exact test. The multivaried analysis included binomial regression model that considered as an exit variable the presence of CTS and like explicatory variables those related risk factors.Results: The prevalence of CTS in dentists who work in Bucaramanga was 15.8%. After analyzing the results according to each specialty, 40% of the endodontists had CTS, 30% of the dentists who had systemic compromise had CTS and 25% of the dentists who used manual instruments during time periods less than 240 min/day had CTS. There was an association six times greater of having CTS in people with systemic compromise and 0.13 of not having CTS in persons who work with manual instruments during time periods greater than 240 min/day.Conclusion: It was established that systemic compromise is determining factor in the appearance of CTS, the use of rotatory instruments for long time periods was a factor related to the professional exercise, associated to the phenomena.

• Autores: Rodríguez R., Andrea; Morales P., Katherine; Maldonado R., Liseth P.; Jiménez B., Gerardo E.; Quiroz P., Luisa Fernanda; Concha S., Sonia Constanza; Rueda V., Sandra Juliana
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37128
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1825; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37128
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud