Volume 25, Issue 115, September 2021

A cross-sectional study of effect of stress and anxiety on neck pain among undergraduate physiotherapy and nursing students of a rural health sciences University from Maharashtra, India

Shrutika H Wankhade¹, Ashish Wasudeorao Bele², Divya Jain³, Ajinkya Sureshrao Ghogare^4♦, Mohd Irshad Qureshi⁵, Pratik Phansopkar⁶, Nivedita Chandrapal Singh⁷

¹BPT student, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be university), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³BPT Student, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be university), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁵Professor, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁶Associate Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁷Assistant Professor, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Dr. Ajinkya Sureshrao Ghogare, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Neck Pain is one of the common public health problems all over the world. It has negative effect on health and quality of life. Neck Pain can be a leading cause of disability. Stress and anxiety may have effects on course and prognosis of neck pain. Objective: To investigate the effect of stress and anxiety on neck pain among physiotherapy and nursing students. Methods: 120 participants were included in the present study by using consecutive sampling method from physiotherapy and nursing colleges affiliated to Rural Health Sciences University from Maharashtra, India as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria after obtaining the written informed consents from all the participants. Perceived stress scale (PSS) – 10 item, and Zung’s Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to assess stress and anxiety respectively among study participants. Numerical Pain Rating Scale was used to assess the neck pain among study participants. Results: Majority of participants was females (73.3%), belonged to age group of 17 to 20 years (82.5%) and physiotherapy course (61.7%). Prevalence of stress, anxiety, and neck pain were 84.2%, 53.3%, and 64.2% respectively. Female gender was associated with the higher severity of stress. Significant relationship exists between the severity of stress and presence of neck pain among study participants and such relationship was not evident between the severity of anxiety and neck pain. Conclusion: Findings of present study reflects an impact of stress on neck pain and stress management techniques can be used while managing the individuals with neck pain for better outcome.

Keywords: Anxiety, Neck pain, Nursing, Stress, Physiotherapy.

Medical Science, 2021, 25(115), 2222-2232

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