Leila Ghanbari; Salman khazaei; Saeideh Sadat Mortazavi; Hossein Saremi; homa naderifar
Volume 9, Issue 1 , March 2022, , Pages 36-41
Abstract
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the largest disruption ineducation systems in human history. The use of online teaching increased daily,finally affecting more than 200 ...
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Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the largest disruption ineducation systems in human history. The use of online teaching increased daily,finally affecting more than 200 million students worldwide. The aim of thepresent study was to compare the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in femalestudents during the Covid-19 pandemic with the pre-pandemic period.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in two stages: beforethe Covid-19 pandemic (October to December 2019) and during theCovid-19 pandemic (January to February 2020). The Nordic MusculoskeletalQuestionnaire (NMQ) was used to determine the musculoskeletal pain points.Data was analyzed using the t-test, McNemar test, and logistic regression inSPSS ver. 22, and a P<0.05 was considered as the significance level.Results: A significant decrease in the hours of physical activity (PA) was observedduring the pandemic (3.17±2.17 hours/week) (P<0.001) compared to the prepandemicperiod (4.76±4.92 hours/week), and a significant increase in hours ofusing e-learning aids was seen during the pandemic (45.29±23.24 hours/week)compared to the pre-pandemic period (13.01) (P<0.001). The McNemar testrevealed a significant difference in musculoskeletal pain in nine areas before andduring the Covid-19 pandemic (P<0.001). The results of the regression test alsoshowed that increasing the hours of online teaching and decreasing the hours ofPA increased the odds ratios of increasing musculoskeletal pain.Conclusion: Based on the present results, changing the teaching method duringthe Covid-19 pandemic and reducing physical activity has led to an increase inmusculoskeletal pain in students.
