An Ergonomic Training With Exercise Program for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Hemodialysis Nurse (WMSD)

Jer-Hao Chang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments: Other: ergonomic training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05964894

A-ER-108-235

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the 12-week ergonomic intervention developed by Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model in improving musculoskeletal discomfort and muscle strength for hemodialysis nurses. The maintenance effects of the intervention were also evaluated after another 12-week follow-up.

Full description

Methods A cluster experimental design was used to conduct this study. Participants were recruited from hemodialysis units at two medical centers in Taiwan and had complaints of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) within the past six months. By PEO model, the 12-week intervention including ergonomic education and exercise program was designed based on the job contents of hemodialysis nurses. In the study period, we used a mobile massager app to reminder them and monitor their implementation of exercises. The outcome indicators were measured before and after intervention as well as the follow-up after another 12 weeks. A generalized estimating equations model was adopted to analyze the repeated measurements.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 20 to 65 years old, which is the legal age range of adult for work in Taiwan
• registered nurses to work full time in the hemodialysis unit more than 6 months,
• having complaint of WMSDs within previous 6 months before this study.

Exclusion criteria

• having no musculoskeletal disorder related to the job
• to care less than 4 patients in 4 hours, which was below the Taiwan workload reference for nurse in hemodialysis job
• to have any other consideration to keep from 12- week physical exercise program (such as pregnancy, injury, disease, leave..., etc.).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Ergonomic training group

Experimental group

Description:

The ergonomic training group received a 12-week ergonomic training program.

Treatment:

Other: ergonomic training

No training group

No Intervention group

Description:

The no training group did not receive any training program.