Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Dequervain Tenosynovitis due to Excessive use of Smartphones among Students of Public Sector Institutes of Rawalpindi City
Study design: It is a cross sectional study.
Place and duration of study: A four-month study was carried out in public sector Institutes of Rawalpindi city.
Material and Methods: Participants of age 15-30 years, both genders who were long term excessive smartphone users were included in study. Students with any fracture or deformity at wrist or hand and those who do not use gadgets were excluded from the study. Our Sample size was 346 students which were selected through non-probability convenient sampling. Data was collected through self-structured questionnaire which includes Finklestein test for physical examination, Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) to assess intensity of pain and general questions to check functional status of individuals.
Results: The prevalence of DQT among smartphone users is 43.4% (150/346) positive and 56.6% (196/346) negative according to Finklestein test. Moreover, intensity of pain according to NPRS among 41% (142/346) participants were with no pain while according to our self-designed questionnaire with excellent functional status were 217 out of 346(62.7%).
Conclusion: The results concluded that partial participants (150/346) experienced DQT due to excessive phone use. Slight decrease in functional status of affected individuals was also observed.
Keywords: Dequervain tenosynovitis, Finklestein test, Numeric Pain rating scale, Abductor pollicis longus, Extensor pollicis brevis, smart phones
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