Prospective Analysis of Quality of Life, Presenteeism, and Emotional Health Due to Chronic Neck Pain in Homemakers
NCT ID: NCT04630119
Last Updated: 2020-11-16
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
67 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2019-10-01
2020-01-14
Brief Summary
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Homemakers are often neglected but they constitute an essential part of society. Although they do not have a formal occupation, they perform a multitude of ergonomically stressful activities leading to different types of musculoskeletal pain. Being mostly a silent sufferer, they often seek medical help when the pain becomes chronic and affects different areas of health thereby necessitating a holistic management approach.
In the Central Indian cultural scenario, a homemaker rarely takes complete rest from her household chores. So presenteeism can be used as a marker for work productivity. This study aims to analyze the impact of chronic neck pain in the pre-treatment quality of life, presenteeism, and emotional health in homemakers and to find the association of the findings with the cause and severity of chronic neck pain.
Detailed Description
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Chronic pain expectedly affects the work productivity of an individual. Work productivity is measured by either 'absenteeism' or 'presenteeism'. Absenteeism (absence from work) is calculated by missed days at work and presenteeism means being present at work while experiencing health complaints or to put it simply 'not unwell enough" to skip work when sick. Presenteeism is commonly interpreted through various scales of pain, cognition, and quality of life. The highest rate of presenteeism across various sectors has been reported in human service organizations that deal with care, welfare, and education. The last decade has seen a surge in interest in presenteeism and the concept has received both positive and negative criticism. High presenteeism ensures excellent attendance at work but also signifies a higher workload and poor work-life balance along with variations in personal work ethics. Presenteeism has been variously studied across different disease conditions and specific ergonomic populations but there are very limited studies on homemakers.
Homemakers along with students and retirees are considered a part of the Out of the labor force (OLF) of the society who do not have an income and are hence formally unemployed. However, in a patriarchal society like India, women homemakers often perform a multitude of roles (parental, caretaker, household) which are comparable to that of paid domestic help and can be classified as an occupation on its own. Observing from an ergonomic point of view, homemakers engage in activities that involve prolonged awkward postures as well as repetitive movements which are risk factors for various musculoskeletal pain of the neck, back, and limbs. But unlike other professions, there is no externally imposed time frame or formal 'breaks' which prevents a homemaker from taking a leave. Thus despite the biomechanical and psychosocial stress, homemakers continue their chores and seek help only when the pain is chronic and unbearable. So presenteeism instead of absenteeism is a more appropriate and reliable marker for work productivity amongst homemakers.
Although there are studies to see the prevalence of neck pain in the world, there are few clinical studies dedicated solely to neck pain especially in a specific population of homemakers more so in Central India.
The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of chronic neck pain in the pre-treatment quality of life, presenteesism and emotional health in homemakers and to find the association of the findings with the cause and severity of chronic neck pain.
All patients who met the inclusion criteria were approached with the study. After obtaining informed consent, a pro forma consisting of the socio-demographic details and pre-treatment assessment questionnaire (including Visual analog scale The Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey The hospital anxiety and depression scale Work functioning impairment scale) was filled for each subject. The record was maintained based on a serial number given to each patient. Routine blood investigations (complete blood count, fasting blood sugar, renal, liver, and thyroid function test was done for all. X-ray of the cervical spine (AP and Lateral views) was prescribed. The final diagnosis was noted in subsequent follow-ups at OPD .
The results were then co related with the cause of chronic neck pain.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Study group of female homemakers with chronic neck pain
All female patients aged between 18-55 years with chronic neck pain (pain lasting for more than 3months) who were homemakers were included in the study. All participants reported the presence of pain in the preceding one week
Questionnaires on quality of life, emotional health and presenteeism
After obtaining informed consent, a pro forma consisting of the socio-demographic details and pre-treatment assessment questionnaire (including Visual analog scale The Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey The hospital anxiety and depression scale Work functioning impairment scale) was filled for each subject.
Interventions
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Questionnaires on quality of life, emotional health and presenteeism
After obtaining informed consent, a pro forma consisting of the socio-demographic details and pre-treatment assessment questionnaire (including Visual analog scale The Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey The hospital anxiety and depression scale Work functioning impairment scale) was filled for each subject.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
55 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dhritiman Chakrabarti
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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MADHUSREE SENGUPTA, DNB, PDF
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
CONSULTANT IN NEUROREHABILITATION AT INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCES, KOLKATA, INDIA
Locations
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Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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AIIMSRPR/IEC/2019/327
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id