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An Ergonomic Training With Exercise Program for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Hemodialysis Nurse

NCT ID: NCT05964894

Last Updated: 2023-07-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

38 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-01

Study Completion Date

2020-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the 12-week ergonomic intervention developed by Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model in improving musculoskeletal discomfort and muscle strength for hemodialysis nurses. The maintenance effects of the intervention were also evaluated after another 12-week follow-up.

Detailed Description

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Methods A cluster experimental design was used to conduct this study. Participants were recruited from hemodialysis units at two medical centers in Taiwan and had complaints of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) within the past six months. By PEO model, the 12-week intervention including ergonomic education and exercise program was designed based on the job contents of hemodialysis nurses. In the study period, we used a mobile massager app to reminder them and monitor their implementation of exercises. The outcome indicators were measured before and after intervention as well as the follow-up after another 12 weeks. A generalized estimating equations model was adopted to analyze the repeated measurements.

Conditions

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Musculoskeletal Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Ergonomic training group

The ergonomic training group received a 12-week ergonomic training program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ergonomic training

Intervention Type OTHER

ergonomic education \& exercise training

No training group

The no training group did not receive any training program.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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ergonomic training

ergonomic education \& exercise training

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 20 to 65 years old, which is the legal age range of adult for work in Taiwan
* registered nurses to work full time in the hemodialysis unit more than 6 months,
* having complaint of WMSDs within previous 6 months before this study.

Exclusion Criteria

* having no musculoskeletal disorder related to the job
* to care less than 4 patients in 4 hours, which was below the Taiwan workload reference for nurse in hemodialysis job
* to have any other consideration to keep from 12- week physical exercise program (such as pregnancy, injury, disease, leave…, etc.).
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Jer-Hao Chang

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jer-Hao Chang

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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JER-HAO CHANG, PH.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine

Locations

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National Cheng Kung University

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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A-ER-108-235

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id