Impact in Life Quality of a Educational Program for Prevention of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers

NCT ID: NCT00874718

Last Updated: 2009-04-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-10-31

Study Completion Date

2009-03-31

Brief Summary

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The study consists of evaluating the efficacy of an Educational Program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal problems in workers. It is a randomized clinical trial with parallel groups and blinded evaluator, with a control group not submitted to the educational program, but that received a program for general orientation in health. The primary outcome was the change of the quality of life measured by means of Medical Outcomes Study 36-Term Short Health Survey (SF-36), that it is a generic instrument of evaluation of the quality of life, translated and validated in Portuguese of Brazil.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Action group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

educational program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6-week educational program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal diseases.

Control group

Non-specific educational program for general health.

Group Type OTHER

General education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Non-specific educational program for general health.

Interventions

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educational program

6-week educational program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal diseases.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

General education

Non-specific educational program for general health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All workers from a specific company, including administrative and production sections.

Exclusion Criteria

* Workers absent from the workplace during all the study period.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Principal Investigators

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Ricardo M Xavier, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Associate Professor

Antonio C dos Santos, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Associate Professor

Locations

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Santos AC, Bredemeier M, Rosa KF, Amantea VA, Xavier RM. Impact on the Quality of Life of an Educational Program for the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jan 28;11:60. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-60.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21276217 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2007755

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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