NCT01556295

Gesture Behavior and Knowledge on Low Back Pain Among Nurses

Assessment of Gesture Behavior and Knowledge on Low Back Pain Among Nurses

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the proposed study is to evaluate knowledge on low back pain and gesture behavior among nurses with low back pain using validated measures and compare the findings to those from nurses without back pain.

Detailed description

A controlled, cross-sectional study will be carried out with 100 nurses (50 with low back pain and 50 without low back pain). The following assessment measures will be employed: Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, Gesture Behavior Test (GBT), Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire (LKQ), Roland Morris Questionnaire and the SF-36.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-08-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2012-03-16
• Last updated: 2012-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil