BACKGROUND Neck pain is the major cause of morbidity and absenteeism from university lessons among medical students worldwide. Medical students are more exposed and appear to have neck pain because of their length of study to achieve their professional goals. However, up to the knowledge of the researcher, there is a scarcity of literature conducted on prevalence and associated factors of neck pain among medical students in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with neck pain among medical students at Mekelle University, College of Health Sciences, Tigray, Ethiopia. METHOD Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2018 to May 2018. A structured questionnaire adapted from the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was distributed to 422 participants using a self-administered questionnaire in Mekelle University, College of Health Sciences Tigray, Ethiopia. Independent variables which had a significant association were identified using logistic regression models. Results were reported by using texts and frequency distribution tables. RESULT A total of 422 participants involved in this study, with a 99.3% response rate. Previous 12 months self-reported prevalence of neck pain among medical students was found to be 49.2% with 95%CI (44.5-54%). Previous history of neck pain (AOR: 11.811, 95%CI: 5.460-25.549), physical exercise (AOR: 2.044, 95%CI: 1.233-3.387), duration of reading (AOR: 1.502, 95%CI: 0.236-2.780) and awkward posture (AOR: 3.87, 95%CI: 2.311-6.484) were factors significantly associated with neck pain. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION The current study showed that nearly half of the study participants self-reported to have suffered neck pain in the preceding 12 months. Past history of neck pain, physical exercise, duration of reading and awkward neck posture are likely to be significantly associated neck pain among medical students in Ethiopia. Engaging in consistent physical exercise has a protective effect against neck pain. Therefore, Medical students are recommended to carry out a regular physical exercise for a minimum of twenty to thirty minutes per day.

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埃塞俄比亚医科学生的颈部疼痛负担。

背景技术在世界范围内的医学生中，颈部疼痛是大学课程中发病和旷工的主要原因。医科学生由于要达到专业目标而需要学习的时间较长，因此他们更容易暴露在外，似乎会出现颈部疼痛。然而，据研究人员所知，埃塞俄比亚医学生中关于颈部疼痛的患病率及其相关因素的文献很少。因此，本研究的目的是确定埃塞俄比亚提格雷（Tigray）麦凯尔大学健康科学学院医学生的颈痛患病率和相关因素。方法从2018年4月至2018年5月进行了基于机构的横断面研究。使用自我管理的问卷，在埃塞俄比亚提格雷（Tigray）健康科学学院的梅克尔大学（Mekelle University），向北欧的肌肉骨骼问卷改编了结构化问卷，向422名参与者分发。使用逻辑回归模型确定具有显着关联的自变量。通过使用文本和频率分布表报告结果。结果共有422名参与者参与了这项研究，回应率为99.3％。在过去的12个月中，医学生自我报告的颈部疼痛患病率是49.2％，95％CI（44.5-54％）。先前的颈部疼痛史（AOR：11.811，95％CI：5.460-25.549），体育锻炼（AOR：2.044，95％CI：1.233-3.387），阅读时间（AOR：1.502，95％CI：0.236-2.780 ）和尴尬的姿势（AOR：3.87，95％CI：2.311-6。484）是与颈部疼痛明显相关的因素。结论和建议当前的研究表明，近一半的研究参与者自我报告称在过去的12个月中遭受了颈部疼痛。在埃塞俄比亚，医学生的颈部疼痛，体育锻炼，阅读时间长和颈部姿势尴尬的历史可能与颈部疼痛显着相关。进行持续的体育锻炼对颈部疼痛有保护作用。因此，建议医学生每天进行至少20至30分钟的定期体育锻炼。在埃塞俄比亚，体育锻炼，阅读时间和颈部姿势尴尬可能与颈部疼痛显着相关。进行持续的体育锻炼对颈部疼痛有保护作用。因此，建议医学生每天进行至少20至30分钟的定期体育锻炼。在埃塞俄比亚，体育锻炼，阅读时间和颈部姿势尴尬可能与颈部疼痛显着相关。进行持续的体育锻炼对颈部疼痛有保护作用。因此，建议医学生每天进行至少20至30分钟的定期体育锻炼。