The Effect of a Structured Personalised Ergonomic Intervention for Hospital Nurses With Musculoskeletal Complains

Navah Ratzon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Ergonomic plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01451567

19505

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a structured personalised ergonomic intervention program for hospital nurses with musculoskeletal complains.

Full description

In a randomised controlled trial 31 nurses with musculoskeletal complains were observed at work, and an intervention program was completed in 14 nurses with the other 17 acting as controls. The intervention included four meetings during three months. Outcome measures were collected before the intervention and post-tests were gathered three months after the determination of the program.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A minimum of half-time work for at least one year
• musculoskeletal pain complaints
• agreement to participate in the interventional study.

Exclusion criteria

• Male nurses
• nurses with previously defined job restrictions and
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind