Causes of Low Back Pain in Nurses in Israeli Hospitals

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00681096

Enrollment

350

Registered

2008-05-21

Start date

2008-06-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2008-05-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low back pain in nurses

Brief summary

An examination of the various factors that cause lower back pain in nurses in four hospitals in Israel such as; socio-demographic, professional, posture while ambulating patients and job environment.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Nurses working in orthopedics, surgical, intensive care and internal medicine units

Exclusion criteria

* All others

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactOsnat Aharon, RN, MA

osnata@hy.health.gov.il972-4-6271426

Outcome results