Prevalence and service utilization regarding low back pain among health care workers
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/08/009240
- Lead Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult population =18years of age of either gender working in health centers in and around Chandigarh and willing to participate in the study by providing written informed consent
2. Subject may or may not be suffering from LBP
Exclusion Criteria
Any adult person not willing to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in a probability sample of adults health care workers.Timepoint: Life time prevalence
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To describe the health service utilization pattern of LBP subjects in these health care workers <br/ ><br>To analyze factors associated with LBP and health service utilization pattern of the LBP subjects <br/ ><br>To assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of low back pain among health care workers. <br/ ><br>To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indian adaptation of the Aberdeen LBP Disability Scale. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: current prevalence, three year and recurrent prevalence