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

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul64 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders Healthy

Interventions

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

General educationBEHAVIORAL

Non-specific educational program for general health.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey - (SF-36)

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Work Limitation Questionnaire

Time frame: 6 months

Work absenteeism

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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