Clinical trial NCT06407440: The Effect of Exercise Given to Cashiers Along With Ergonomics Training on Pain and Work Performance
Official title: The Effect of Exercise Given to Cashiers Along With Ergonomics Training on Pain and Work Performance
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Work-related Illness
Work Related Upper Limb Disorder
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-09
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the exercises given to cashiers through ergonomics training.

Detailed description: The work will be done with 60 cashiers. These cashiers will be selected on the condition that they work at least 40 hours a week. 60 employees will be randomly divided into two groups of 30 people each. All participants will be given ergonomics training. In addition, participants in the exercise group will be given a 12-week exercise program. These two groups will be randomly divided into control and exercise groups. Each group will be evaluated twice, at the beginning and at the end of the study.

Eligibility criteria: inclusion criteria

* Those who have been working as cashiers in the market for at least 2 years
* Employees who have no obstacle to exercise
* Women and men aged 18-45
* Cashiers working 40 hours or more per week

exclusion criteria

* Being diagnosed with a serious psychological illness.
* Malignancy
* Advanced osteoporosis
* Being under 25 years of age.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Rapid Upper Limb Assessment
timeFrame: 14 weeks
measure: occupational burnout scale
timeFrame: 14 weeks
measure: Nordic Extended Musculoskeletal Questionnaire
timeFrame: 14 weeks
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: 14 weeks
measure: bournemouth neck survey
timeFrame: 14 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Uskudar University
Study officials:
affiliation: Uskudar University
name: Devran YAŞAR
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
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