Prevention of low back pain and its consequences among elderly care workers
Completed
- Conditions
- Elderly care workers with and without low back painMusculoskeletal DiseasesLow back pain
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN78113519
- Lead Sponsor
- Danish Working Environment Research Fund (Denmark)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 560
Inclusion Criteria
1. Male and female elderly care workers working more than 20 hours a week
2. Age 18 ? 65 years old
3. Signed informed consent
4. Do not fulfill the exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unwilling to participate in the multifaceted intervention
2. Sick-listed (long-term)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. LBP is measured by days with and intensity of pain each month throughout the data collection period.<br>2. Consequences of pain among elderly care workers with pain at baseline measured by days with bothersomeness due to LBP each month throughout the data collection period. Because LBP is a fluctuating condition, monthly monitoring will be conducted by using mobile phone text messages. In addition to the frequent measuring of LBP, bothersomeness due to LBP will also be measured monthly by text messages.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Sickness absence due to LBP measured each month (Self-reported)<br>2. Work ability measured each 3 months <br>3. Occupational lifting and carrying measured each 3 months <br>4. Self-rated physical exertion measured each 3 months <br>5. Support from management measured each 3 months