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

NCT00874718 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2009-04-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

educational program

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

BEHAVIORAL

General education

Non-specific educational program for general health.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ricardo M Xavier, MD · Associate Professor

  • Antonio C dos Santos, MD · Associate Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-08-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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