Trial reportEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2011
Effectiveness of intervention for low back pain in female caregivers in nursing homes: a pilot trial based on multicenter randomization.
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- Exercise therapy for treatment of acute non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Workplace Interventions to Rehabilitate Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Employees with Physical Demanding Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of an online organizational intervention targeting managers in nursing homes on caregivers' low back pain and managers' work engagement: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational health · 2026Trial
- Educational Intervention for the Management of Nonspecific Lower Back Pain in Nonprofessional Caregivers (TRANSFE Program): A Quasi-Experimental Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
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- Adding a back care package to the primary healthcare; a community-based cluster-randomized trial.Brain & spine · 2023Article
- Effect of non-surgical interventions on pain relief and symptom improvement in farmers with diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue: an exploratory systematic review based on randomized controlled trials.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2022Article
- Effects of physical exercise at the workplace for treatment of low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2018Review
- Chronic low back pain among French healthcare workers and prognostic factors of return to work (RTW): a non-randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesAlthough the importance of stretching exercise for pain-relieving and patient education is well documented for chronic lumbago patients, it is uncertain how effective on-the-job training (OJT) is for female caregivers in nursing homes. In the present pilot trial based on multicenter randomization, we evaluated the intervention effect of a lecture and stretching exercise on caregivers in nursing homes.
methodsEighty-eight female caregivers (four nursing homes) volunteered to participate in this study, and they were separated into two groups randomly. For the intervention group, guidance by an orthopedist and an exercise instructor were provided as one OJT, and stretching exercises for only 6 min every day were recommended for low back pain prevention to the caregivers. Low back pain visual analogue scale (VAS), physical fitness, and mental and physical health were compared at baseline and immediately after the intervention.
resultsA total of 29 (33%) participants withdrew by 12 weeks. Regarding the reasons for withdrawal, 28 participants resigned, and one took a leave of absence due to exacerbation of lumbago. Adherence to the stretching exercises was 2.3 ± 1.3 (mean ± SD) times per week. No significant differences were seen for any outcome measurements. The high adherence group (≧3 times per week) did not show a change in the VAS, but the low adherence group (<3 times per week) and control group showed a tendency towards an increased score (p = 0.068).
conclusionsEven with the conduct of one OJT, and exercises of only 6 min every day, the adherence of caregivers was low, and there appeared to be few effects of the OJT.
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