Objective: This study was aimed to investigate factors associated with disability in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNSNP) who are engaged in desk work from multiple perspectives in terms of pain-related scores and neck function.

Method: This was a cross-sectional study of 50 patients with CNSNP who were diagnosed with cervical spine disease and indicated for physical therapy.

Basic attributes and background factors (desk work time, job satisfaction, and exercise habits) were collected, and the Neck Disability Index (NDI), Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia-11, Pain Self Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Patient Health Questionnaire-2, Central Sensitization Inventory-9, and cervical joint range of motion were assessed. Multiple regression analysis (forced entry method) was conducted with factors significantly associated with NDI in the correlation analysis as explanatory variables and incapacity as dependent variable.

Result: Multiple regression analysis revealed that the PSEQ was extracted as a factor independently related to NDI.

Conclusion: The study suggests the need to consider the influence of pain self-efficacy in understanding the disability of CNSNP patients who are engaged in desk work.

Purpose: The associations between QOL (Quality of Life), mental health, and subjective condition of exercise habits among medical university students in physical therapist and occupational therapist courses during the corona crisis were examined.

Methods: From June 2021 to October 2021, students enrolled in medical universities in physical therapist or occupational therapist courses were subjected, and 147 respondents excluding 6 invalid respondents were analyzed. QOL scaled by the Japanese version of EuroQOL, gender, age, mental state scaled with the Japanese version of K6, and subjective condition of exercise habits were collected in 153 medical college students. Exploratory multiple regression analyses were performed with the total score of the EuroQOL as the dependent variable and the other variables as the independent variables. The statistical significance level was set at less than 5%.

Results: Lower EuroQOL scores were associated with females, a K6 score of less than 15, feelings of inactivity, and fear of exercising outside.

Conclusion: Medical university students in physical therapist and occupational therapist courses with low QOL due to the corona crisis may have low mental health, feel a lack of exercise, and feel afraid of exercising outside.