Prevalence of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Among Classical Piano Students in Tertiary Education, Universities Tunku Abdul Rahman

Abstract

The prevalence of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis has shown that growing trend among the world. There are some of the studies found out that the prevalence of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is higher in their country. This study aims to find out the prevalence of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis among classical piano students in tertiary education, Universities Tunku Abdul Rahman. A questionnaire was distributed to the students around the school compound around Universities Tunku Abdul Rahman. The questionnaire involves 3 main sections. The first section records the first section is to fill up the demographic data, the second part is to find out the inclusion criteria for the participants in this study and the third part is the symptoms of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. The participants who met the inclusion criteria are required to perform a test to confirm the diagnosis of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis.  There is a total of 156 of pianists around in Universities Tunku Abdul Rahman. Out of 156 of pianists, there is 137 of the pianists are eligible for this  study. Among 137 pianists, there is 80% of the pianists are positive to the WHAT test.  As conclusion, the prevalence of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is higher among the pianists in Universities Tunku Abdul Rahman. Thus, intervention and preventions should be implemented to prevent the prevalence of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis among the pianists.