Comparative Effects of Exercise and Back Counselling on Improving Low Back Pain for Nurses
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 4
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline in Pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at week 6, week 12, month 3, and month 6
研究概览
简要总结
Low back pain (LBP) is most common occupational health problem among nurses. Therefore, how to prevent and reduce low back pain have been the important issue for nurses. A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study to compare the effectiveness of 12-week exercise and counselling program to reduce low back pain in nursing personnel compared with counselling alone.
详细描述
A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study. Purposive sampling is used to recruit participants from medical center in Central Taiwan. Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups: (1) exercise and back counselling, and (2) back counselling only. The results of this study will provide a guideline for nurses to prevent and to improve low back pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Has worked at current job for at least 12 months;
- •Intensity of low back pain on Visual Analogue Scale (scale 0-10) at least two during the past 3 months.
排除标准
- •Serious former back injury (fracture, surgery, disc protrusion);
- •Other serious disease or symptoms that limit participation exercise defined by a physician.
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline in Pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at week 6, week 12, month 3, and month 6
时间窗: Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6.
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is used in this study to assess the intensity of low back pain with numeric rating scale 0-100 mm during the past month.
次要结局
- Change from Baseline Functional Status at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6(Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6)
- Change from Baseline Musculoskeletal Symptoms in the Low Back Area at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6(Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6.)