NCT00874718

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	educational program	6-week educational program for prevention of occupational musculoskeletal diseases.
BEHAVIORAL	General education	Non-specific educational program for general health.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-10-01
• Primary completion: 2008-08-01
• Completion: 2009-03-01
• First posted: 2009-04-02
• Last updated: 2009-04-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil