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

NCT05964894 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: A-ER-108-235
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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 for hemodialysis nurses. The maintenance effects of the intervention were also evaluated after another 12-week follow-up.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• severity degree of muscular discomfort

  self reported by Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (0-5 points; the higher score indicates the more discomfort)

  week 0

• muscle strength

  grip and pinch power; the muscle strength of neck extension, shoulder flexion/extension, and wrist flexion/extension of the dominant (maximal force of the muscles movement against in kilograms, the higher the stronger)

  week 0

• severity degree of muscular discomfort

  self reported by Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (0-5 points; the higher score indicates the more discomfort)

  week 12

• muscle strength

  grip and pinch power; the muscle strength of neck extension, shoulder flexion/extension, and wrist flexion/extension of the dominant (maximal force of the muscles movement against in kilograms, the higher the stronger)

  week 12

• severity degree of muscular discomfort

  self reported by Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (0-5 points; the higher score indicates the more discomfort)

  week 24

• muscle strength

  grip and pinch power; the muscle strength of neck extension, shoulder flexion/extension, and wrist flexion/extension of the dominant (maximal force of the muscles movement against in kilogram, the higher the stronger)

  week 24

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Subjective quality of life

  week 0

• Subjective quality of life

  week 24

Study Arms (2)

Ergonomic training group

EXPERIMENTAL

The ergonomic training group received a 12-week ergonomic training program.

Other: ergonomic training

No training group

NO INTERVENTION

The no training group did not receive any training program.

Interventions

ergonomic training OTHER

ergonomic education \& exercise training

Ergonomic training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jer-Hao Chang: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, 701, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• JER-HAO CHANG, PH.D.

  National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 10, 2023
• First Posted: July 28, 2023
• Study Start: August 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2020
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: July 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)