NCT06668129

Effects of a Postural Education Multicomponent Intervention in Primary School Children.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 849 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of the Balearic Islands · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study, named PEPE project, aims to study the effects of a 9-month postural educational multicomponent intervention on back health in schoolchildren. As well as, this project aims to examine the effectiveness of the intervention on teachers. Total of 2000 children aged 10 to 12 and 20 schools will be randomized into an intervention group (N=1000 children, N=10 schools) and a control group (N=1000 children, N=10 schools). A 9-months intervention program will be implemented. Participants will be evaluated three times: before the intervention (baseline, Month 0), after the intervention (post-test, Month 9) and 6 months after the intervention finished (follow-up, Month 15). The intervention will consist on: (1) nine oral presentations delivered at school, (2) multisubject teaching unit, (3) information campaign widespread by the school (i.e. posters, triptychs, school website, social networks, etc.), and (4) The Back-Care Day at school. The effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated by means of primary outcomes which include the back-care knowledge of schoolchildren. As well as, a set of secondary outcomes such as daily postural habits, use of a backpack, and LBP prevalence in schoolchildren and among teachers involved will be studied. This intervention will provide new insights into the prevention of childhood LBP which may lead to a better management of this health problem throughout an individuals lifetime.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Back Pain Lower Back

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Back care intervention program	The back care intervention consists of: 1. Nine oral presentations. Include "Programa Suma't" programme developed by the Provincial Council of Majorca. 2. Multisubject Teaching Unit. 3. Information campaign widespread by the school (i.e. posters, triptychs, school website, social networks, etc.) 4. "The Back Care Day" at school.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-11
• Completion: 2021-06-11
• First posted: 2024-10-31
• Last updated: 2024-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain