Clinical trial NCT01921764: Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA08) - Healthcare Workers
Official title: Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA08) - Healthcare Workers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Lead sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2013-08-13
Enrollment: 200
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 67
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work. Previous studies have shown promising results of physical exercise for relieving pain among different occupational groups, but the question remains whether such physical exercise should be performed at the workplace or in the private sphere at home. Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase compliance. On the other hand, physical exercise at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, relevant ground exists to compare the efficacy of workplace- versus home-based training on musculoskeletal pain. This study investigates the effect of workplace-based versus home-based physical exercise on musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.

The main hypothesis is that physical exercise at the workplace for 10 weeks compared with physical exercise at home results in reduced musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* healthcare worker
* female
* age 18-67

Exclusion Criteria:

* life threatening disease
* pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain intensity
timeFrame: change from baseline to week 10
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Muscle function
timeFrame: change from baseline to week 10
measure: Work ability index (WAI)
timeFrame: change from baseline to week 10
measure: Physical exertion during work
timeFrame: change from baseline to week 10
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Copenhagen
country: Denmark
facility: National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Study officials:
References:
citation: Jakobsen MD, Sundstrup E, Brandt M, Andersen LL. Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2017 Oct 10;17(1):798. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4728-3.
citation: Jakobsen MD, Sundstrup E, Brandt M, Jay K, Aagaard P, Andersen LL. Physical exercise at the workplace prevents deterioration of work ability among healthcare workers: cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2015 Nov 25;15:1174. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2448-0.
citation: Jakobsen MD, Sundstrup E, Brandt M, Jay K, Aagaard P, Andersen LL. Effect of Workplace- versus Home-Based Physical Exercise on Muscle Response to Sudden Trunk Perturbation among Healthcare Workers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:902896. doi: 10.1155/2015/902896. Epub 2015 Oct 25.
citation: Jakobsen MD, Sundstrup E, Brandt M, Kristensen AZ, Jay K, Stelter R, Lavendt E, Aagaard P, Andersen LL. Effect of workplace- versus home-based physical exercise on pain in healthcare workers: study protocol for a single blinded cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 Apr 7;15:119. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-119.