The Effect of a Structured Personalised Ergonomic Intervention for Hospital Nurses With Musculoskeletal Complains

Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Study That Examined the Effect of a Structured Personalised Ergonomic Intervention Program for Hospital Nurses With Musculoskeletal Complains.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01451567
• Other study ID #: 19505
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 11, 2011
• Last updated: October 15, 2011
• Start date: June 2005
• Est. completion date: March 2006

Study information

• Verified date: May 2005
• Source: Tel Aviv University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: International Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a structured personalised ergonomic intervention program for hospital nurses with musculoskeletal complains.

Description:

In a randomised controlled trial 31 nurses with musculoskeletal complains were observed at work, and an intervention program was completed in 14 nurses with the other 17 acting as controls. The intervention included four meetings during three months. Outcome measures were collected before the intervention and post-tests were gathered three months after the determination of the program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 31
• Est. completion date: March 2006
• Est. primary completion date: October 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• A minimum of half-time work for at least one year

• musculoskeletal pain complaints

• agreement to participate in the interventional study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Male nurses

• nurses with previously defined job restrictions and

• pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Ergonomic plan
participants in the intervention group were evaluated by the REBA and received an overall coaching that stretched over four meetings Each session paid special attention to, and included explanations about, the anatomy and physiology of body regions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Tel Aviv University	Tel Aviv

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Navah Ratzon	Meir Medical Center, Tel Aviv University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level of stress and control at work, measured by Karasek's questionnaire and Reba		6 monthes	Yes
Secondary	The prevalence and the level of pain measured by Nordic Questionnaire		6 months	Yes