Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA08) - Healthcare Workers

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Workplace physical exercise; Behavioral: Home physical exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01921764

IRMA08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work. Previous studies have shown promising results of physical exercise for relieving pain among different occupational groups, but the question remains whether such physical exercise should be performed at the workplace or in the private sphere at home. Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase compliance. On the other hand, physical exercise at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, relevant ground exists to compare the efficacy of workplace- versus home-based training on musculoskeletal pain. This study investigates the effect of workplace-based versus home-based physical exercise on musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.

The main hypothesis is that physical exercise at the workplace for 10 weeks compared with physical exercise at home results in reduced musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthcare worker
• female
• age 18-67

Exclusion criteria

• life threatening disease
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Workplace physical exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Physical exercise (kettlebells, elastic bands, exercise balls) performed at the workplace with coaching

Treatment:

Behavioral: Workplace physical exercise

Home physical exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physical exercise performed at home with elastic bands and bodyweight exercises with instruction to follow the exercises at http://www.jobogkrop.dk/Oevelser-til-nakke-og-ryg/Oevelser

Treatment:

Behavioral: Home physical exercise