Status:

COMPLETED

An Ergonomic Training With Exercise Program for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Hemodialysis Nurse

Lead Sponsor:

Jer-Hao Chang

Conditions:

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Eligibility:

FEMALE

20-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the 12-week ergonomic intervention developed by Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model in improving musculoskeletal discomfort and muscle strength f...

Detailed Description

Methods A cluster experimental design was used to conduct this study. Participants were recruited from hemodialysis units at two medical centers in Taiwan and had complaints of work-related musculoske...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 20 to 65 years old, which is the legal age range of adult for work in Taiwan
  • registered nurses to work full time in the hemodialysis unit more than 6 months,
  • having complaint of WMSDs within previous 6 months before this study.

Exclusion

  • having no musculoskeletal disorder related to the job
  • to care less than 4 patients in 4 hours, which was below the Taiwan workload reference for nurse in hemodialysis job
  • to have any other consideration to keep from 12- week physical exercise program (such as pregnancy, injury, disease, leave…, etc.).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 30 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

38 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05964894

Start Date

August 1 2019

End Date

June 30 2020

Last Update

July 28 2023

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National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, Taiwan, 701