Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA08) - Healthcare Workers

Musculoskeletal Disorders Clinical Trial

— IRMA  

Official title:

Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA08) - Healthcare Workers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01921764
• Other study ID #: IRMA08
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 10, 2013
• Last updated: January 26, 2014
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: January 2014

Study information

• Verified date: January 2014
• Source: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work. Previous studies have shown promising results of physical exercise for relieving pain among different occupational groups, but the question remains whether such physical exercise should be performed at the workplace or in the private sphere at home. Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase compliance. On the other hand, physical exercise at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, relevant ground exists to compare the efficacy of workplace- versus home-based training on musculoskeletal pain. This study investigates the effect of workplace-based versus home-based physical exercise on musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.

The main hypothesis is that physical exercise at the workplace for 10 weeks compared with physical exercise at home results in reduced musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: January 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 67 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthcare worker

• female

• age 18-67

Exclusion Criteria:

• life threatening disease

• pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Musculoskeletal Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Workplace physical exercise

• Home physical exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	National Research Centre for the Working Environment	Copenhagen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	The change in "pain intensity during the last week" from baseline to 10 week follow-up between the workplace- and home-training group. The home-training group will be considered the reference group. 2-way analysis of variance (Proc Mixed of SAS) with repeated measures will be used, with time and group as fixed factors and subject as random factor. Department will be added as a cluster effect.	change from baseline to week 10	No
Secondary	Muscle function		change from baseline to week 10	No
Secondary	Work ability index (WAI)		change from baseline to week 10	No
Secondary	Physical exertion during work		change from baseline to week 10	No