Gesture Behavior and Knowledge on Low Back Pain Among Nurses

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01556295

1586/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the proposed study is to evaluate knowledge on low back pain and gesture behavior among nurses with low back pain using validated measures and compare the findings to those from nurses without back pain.

Full description

A controlled, cross-sectional study will be carried out with 100 nurses (50 with low back pain and 50 without low back pain). The following assessment measures will be employed: Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, Gesture Behavior Test (GBT), Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire (LKQ), Roland Morris Questionnaire and the SF-36.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-specific chronic low back pain,
• Performance in the hospital sector (hospitals, emergency rooms and/or intensive care units,
• Hourly load of at least 6 hours per day,
• Low back pain on most days in the last three months,
• Pain greater than 3 cm in visual analog scale (VAS).

Exclusion criteria

• Dispute,
• Previous surgery of the spine,
• Pregnant.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Control