PROGRAMA ORIENTADO A DAR CONOCIMIENTO SOBRE LA PREVENCIÓN DEL SÍNDROME DEL TÚNEL CARPIANO EN ESTUDIANTES DE ODONTOLOGÍA DE I A X SEMESTRE DE LA FACULTAD DE ODONTOLOGÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS

Objective: To develop a program oriented to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in dental students from Santo Tomas University, in the city of Bucaramanga.Materials and methods: A controlled clinical essay was carried out on 105 dental students. The selection of the sample was done by means of a sampling not probabilistic by quotas, for the plan of analysis it was considered to apply the test of chi², test of ranges of Wilcoxon according to the nature and distribution of the variables.Results: There were statistically significant changes for age (P = <0.0001), gender (P = 0.868) and on the level of knowledge before and after the intervention (P=<0.0001).Conclusions: It was observed that a program to prevent CTS is a good communicative and strategy that allows to increase the level of knowledge to improve the possibilities of learning in the student.

• Autores: Álvarez C., Leidy; Cañas Uribe, Leslie; Villamizar J., Jennifer; Aránzazu M., Gloria Cristina
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37069
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1198; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37069
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud