Impact in Life Quality of a Educational Program for Prevention of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers - Full Text View

Sponsor:	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Information provided by:	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00874718

Purpose

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.

Condition	Intervention
Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders Healthy	Behavioral: educational program Behavioral: General education

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Impact in Life Quality of a Educational Program for Prevention of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers.

Further study details as provided by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey - (SF-36) [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Work Limitation Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Work absenteeism [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	64
Study Start Date:	October 2007
Study Completion Date:	March 2009
Primary Completion Date:	August 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Action group	Behavioral: educational program 6-week educational program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal diseases.
Control group Non-specific educational program for general health.	Behavioral: General education Non-specific educational program for general health.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

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.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00874718

Locations

Brazil
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Sponsors and Collaborators

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Investigators

Study Director:	Ricardo M Xavier, MD	Associate Professor
Principal Investigator:	Antonio C dos Santos, MD	Associate Professor

More Information

No publications provided by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Santos AC, Bredemeier M, Rosa KF, Amantéa VA, Xavier RM. Impact on the Quality of Life of an Educational Program for the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jan 28;11:60.

Responsible Party:	Antonio Cardoso dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00874718 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	2007755
Study First Received:	March 31, 2009
Last Updated:	April 1, 2009
Health Authority:	Brazil: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul:

repetitive strain injury
quality of life
functional capacity
workers

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Musculoskeletal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 24, 2012