Clinical trial NCT01543984: Efficacy of "Tailored Physical Activity" in Health Care Workers
Official title: Efficacy of "Tailored Physical Activity" on the Number of Sick Days: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Health Care Workers That Have Experienced Pain Related to the Spine or Upper Body
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Pain
Keywords: health care workers
tailored physical activity
prevention
spine
upper body
pain related to Spine or Upper body
Lead sponsor: University of Southern Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Municipality of Sønderborg
First posted: 2012-03-05
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to test the effect of "Tailored Physical Activity" on the number of sick-days.

The hypothesis is that "Tailored Physical Activity" is superior in efficacy on sick-days.

Detailed description: Health care workers have high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain. Pain in the back and neck and other musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause for long-term sick leave.

This study test the effect of "Tailored Physical Activity" on self-reported days on sick leave and parameters regarding pain, function and quality of life respectively on the body function and participation level of health care workers which have experienced musculoskeletal pain related to the back or upper body.

A minimum of 44 health care workers in DK-Sønderborg Municipality will be randomized for "Tailored Physical Activity" or a reference group.

Primary endpoint is 3 months and 12 months follow-up.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Health care workers in municipality of Sønderborg that have experienced musculoskeletal pain related to the spine or upper body.

Exclusion Criteria:

Medically safety.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-reported number of sick-days
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Aerobic capacity
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Hand-grip strength
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Self-reported number of sick-days
timeFrame: 12 months follow-up
measure: Aerobic capacity
timeFrame: 12 months follow-up
measure: Hand-grip strength
timeFrame: 12- months follow-up
measure: Body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference
timeFrame: 12 months follow-up
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: 12 months follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sønderborg
country: Denmark
facility: Health Care Centre
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Southern Denmark
name: Lotte Nygaard Andersen, cand.scient
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Andersen LN, Juul-Kristensen B, Roessler KK, Herborg LG, Sorensen TL, Sogaard K. Efficacy of 'Tailored Physical Activity' on reducing sickness absence among health care workers: A 3-months randomised controlled trial. Man Ther. 2015 Oct;20(5):666-71. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.04.017. Epub 2015 May 2.
citation: Andersen LN, Juul-Kristensen B, Roessler KK, Herborg LG, Sorensen TL, Sogaard K. Efficacy of 'Tailored Physical Activity' in reducing sickness absence among health care workers: design of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 2;13:917. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-917.