Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Low back pain (LBP) is most common occupational health problem among nurses. Therefore, how to prevent and reduce low back pain have been the important issue for nurses. A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study to compare the effectiveness of 12-week exercise and counselling program to reduce low back pain in nursing personnel compared with counselling alone.
Detailed description
A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study. Purposive sampling is used to recruit participants from medical center in Central Taiwan. Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups: (1) exercise and back counselling, and (2) back counselling only. The results of this study will provide a guideline for nurses to prevent and to improve low back pain.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALExercise
Twelves-week exercise training sessions include a variety of strength, flexibility, and coordination exercises. Each exercise session lasts for one hour. Participants are expected to attend exercise session once a week and are encouraged to continue exercising at home.
BEHAVIORALBack counselling
Procedure of back counselling includes one session back counselling, lasting one hour. The topics of back counselling session are as follows: (1) Anatomy of lumbar; (2) Factors causing low back pain; (3) Problems of physical inactivity for the lumbar; (4) Risk of poor postures for developing persistent/chronic low back pain; (5) Maintaining right posture of the lumbar; (6) Avoiding harmful loading of the back during work and leisure time.
Sponsors
China Medical University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study. Participants are randomly assigned to exercise and back counselling group or back counselling only group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Has worked at current job for at least 12 months; 2. Intensity of low back pain on Visual Analogue Scale (scale 0-10) at least two during the past 3 months.
Exclusion criteria
1. Serious former back injury (fracture, surgery, disc protrusion); 2. Pregnant; 3. Other serious disease or symptoms that limit participation exercise defined by a physician.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in Pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at week 6, week 12, month 3, and month 6 | Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6. | Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is used in this study to assess the intensity of low back pain with numeric rating scale 0-100 mm during the past month. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline Musculoskeletal Symptoms in the Low Back Area at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6 | Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6. | Version of the low back questionnaire in Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) is used in this study to assess the musculoskeletal symptoms in the low back area. |
| Change from Baseline Functional Status at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6 | Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6 | Chinese version of Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is used in this study to assess the baseline functional status and its change over time for patients with back pain |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed