فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

CONTEXT: The ergonomic posture protocol is extremely important for the maintenance ofoccupational health in dentistry. The lack of compliance with this protocol results in a high risk ofdeveloping musculoskeletal disorders.AIMS: This study developed a direct observation method for the evaluation of dental studentcompliance with ergonomic posture protocol.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The method is named compliance assessment of dental ergonomicposture requirements (CADEP). During the development of the method, 14 items were elaboratedconsidering the theory of dental ergonomics. Each item should be classified as appropriate, partiallyappropriate, or inappropriate. After evaluation, all item values should be added, and the final scoreexpressed as the percent of compliance with correct postures, with a score range of 0%–100%.STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: The reliability of CADEP was assessed through intra‑ andinterobserver reproducibility. For the CADEP application, 73 senior year students from theundergraduate course in dentistry were evaluated. The intra‑ and interexaminer concordancewas estimated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ρ). A descriptive statistical analysis wasperformed.RESULTS: The reproducibility of evaluator 1 (ρ =0.90; confidence interval [CI] 95%: 0.83–0.94),evaluator 2 (ρ = 0.83; CI 95%: 0.70–0.90), the interexaminer in the first evaluation (ρ = 0.81; CI95%:0.67–0.89), and in the second one (ρ = 0.76; CI 95%: 0.59–0.87) was classified as good. In theanalysis of the compliance, it was verified that moderate compliance was the most prevalent amongthe evaluated students (65.6%, CI 95%: 60.3%–70.7%).CONCLUSIONS: CADEP was valid and reliable for the assessment of dentistry students’ complianceregarding ergonomic posture requirements.