Impact in Life Quality of a Educational Program for Prevention of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact in Life Quality of a Educational Program for Prevention of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00874718
• Other study ID #: 2007755
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 31, 2009
• Last updated: April 1, 2009
• Start date: October 2007
• Est. completion date: March 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2009
• Source: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study consists of evaluating the efficacy of an Educational Program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal problems in workers. It is a randomized clinical trial with parallel groups and blinded evaluator, with a control group not submitted to the educational program, but that received a program for general orientation in health. The primary outcome was the change of the quality of life measured by means of Medical Outcomes Study 36-Term Short Health Survey (SF-36), that it is a generic instrument of evaluation of the quality of life, translated and validated in Portuguese of Brazil.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: March 2009
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All workers from a specific company, including administrative and production sections.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Workers absent from the workplace during all the study period.

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy
• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• educational program
6-week educational program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal diseases.
• General education
Non-specific educational program for general health.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	RS

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey - (SF-36)		6 months	No
Secondary	Work Limitation Questionnaire		6 months	No
Secondary	Work absenteeism		6 months	No