The Effect of Interactive Multimedia Versus Illustrated Booklet on Behavior to Prevent Lower Back Pain in Working Nurses.

Nahid Zarifsanaiey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04610073

IR.SUMS.REC.1397.1093

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study was conducted to compare the effect of interactive multimedia and illustrated booklet methods on knowledge, attitude and improvement of behavior in preventing lower back pain amongst lower back pain amongst nurses.

Full description

In this single blind randomized controlled trial, 153 eligible nurses working in hospitals during 2019 were enrolled. The participants were randomly allocated into three parallel groups: interactive multimedia (n=55), illustrated booklet (n= 55), and the control (n= 43). The study samples were blinded to intervention and control groups. A researcher-made questionnaire was completed by the eligible subjects before, after, and four weeks after the intervention to assess their knowledge, attitude and behavior in preventing chronic lower back pain amongst working nurses.

Enrollment: 153 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Minimum education level of bachelor's degree in nursing
• Employment in governmental hospitals
• Willing to participate in the study and complete the informed consent
• Minimum knowledge of working with computers

Exclusion criteria

• Congenital anomalies
• low back pain
• History of back surgery
• History of trauma to the back
• Pregnancy
• Severe osteoporosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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153 participants in 3 patient groups

Interactive multimedia training

Experimental group

Description:

the intervention group 1 completed the pretest knowledge, attitude, and behavior questionnaire. Then, interactive multimedia was made available to this group. The questionnaire was completed again by the group, one week after completion of training, and then one month afterward.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet

illustrated booklet

Experimental group

Description:

First, the intervention group 2 completed the pretest knowledge, attitude, and behavior questionnaire. Then, illustrated booklet was made available to this group. The questionnaire was completed again by the group one week after completion of training, and then one month afterward.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet

No Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

In the control group, no intervention was performed. Only before the intervention, one week and one month after the intervention, they completed the knowledge, attitude and behavior questionnaires.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet