Musculoskeletal Complaints in an Industry (FIPMCAWMI)

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorder

Treatments: Other: questionnaires

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01654237

123ERGON

0344/10 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis of this study is that there will be a variety of factors influencing the musculoskeletal complaints among workers of different sectors.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) account for more than 30% of occupational diseases in the world. In order to organize the strategic actions that will be developed for the prevention of MSDs, it is essential to analyze in advance the peculiar situations of the different sectors of a workplace. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints among workers in a medium-sized industry by comparing its sectors and to investigate the influence of occupational and non-occupational factors in the increase of complaints.

Full description

The Nordic questionnaire was used to asses musculoskeletal symptoms as well as questionnaires about lifestyle and work-related conditions in 185 workers divided into three sectors of an industry (factory - microelectronics, office and logistics)

Enrollment: 185 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• work in the industry

Exclusion criteria

• work less than a month in the industry

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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185 participants in 1 patient group

Muskind

No Intervention group

Description:

three questionnaires to be completed by the subjects

Treatment:

Other: questionnaires