Clinical trial NCT04821024: Evaluation of the Relationship Between Neck Pain and Ergonomic Factors in Office Workers
Official title: Evaluation of the Relationship Between Neck Pain and Ergonomic Factors in Office Workers
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Disability Physical
Neck Pain
Ergonomic Factors
Keywords: neck pain office workers ergonomic factors
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2021-03-29
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: aged between 18 and 55, working on computer, having neck pain at least three months

Brief summary: The current study aimed to explore the associations between disability levels and occupational risk factors in computer-using office workers with neck pain.

Detailed description: This is a cross-sectional study. All participants will provide informed consent before participating in the study. The study will be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration criteria. Data will be collected using questionnaires, which include information on demographic, clinical, and occupational ergonomic conditions.

Patients will be divided into 2 groups as mild-moderate and severe disabled according to their neck disability index values and will be analyzed statistically.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged between 18 and 55,
* working on computer,
* having neck pain at least three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* reporting pregnancy,
* having a history of accidents,
* trauma or surgery in the neck region,
* congenital anomaly of the spine,
* rheumatologic disease,
* osteoporosis,
* spondylosis,
* spondylolisthesis,
* infection of the spine
* cervical disc herniation,
* tumor.

Primary outcomes:
measure: neck disability index
timeFrame: 1 interview day
measure: Rapid Office Strain Assessment
timeFrame: 1 interview day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Research and Training Hospital
state: Bahçelievler
Study officials:
affiliation: istanbul physical medicine rehabilitation research and training hospital
name: cansın medin-ceylan, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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citation: Medin-Ceylan C, Korkmaz MD, Sahbaz T, Cigdem Karacay B. Risk factors of neck disability in computer-using office workers: a cross-sectional study. Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Mar;29(1):44-49. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2021.2021712. Epub 2022 Feb 6.