Efficacy of interdisciplinary health programme in the prevention of work-related physical complaints

ISRCTN	ISRCTN79803808
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN79803808
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

Submission date: 18/09/2008
Registration date: 23/10/2008
Last edited: 23/10/2008

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Daphne Kos
Scientific

Artesis University College of Antwerp
Department of Health Care
Van Aertselaerstraat 31
Merksem
B-2170
Belgium

Study information

Study design	Single centre randomised clinical trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Quality of life
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	Prevention of work-related physical complaints: a randomised clinical trial with one year follow-up
Study objectives	A client-centred interdisciplinary prevention programme is effective in reducing absenteeism in consequence of work-related physical complaints.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics Board of Free University Brussels, approval submitted 18th August 2008.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Work-related physical complaints
Intervention	Participants of a client-centred interdisciplinary primary prevention programme are compared to controls only receving activities of the usual primary prevention policy in the hospital. The interdisciplinary programme consists of 11 group sessions of one hour and 3 individual 1-hour sessions (spread over 3 months). Throughout the programme, participants are informed and work on topics concerning physical activity, diet, ergonomics and coping.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	At baseline, 3 months post-baseline, 6 months post-baseline and 12 months post-baseline: 1. Rate of absenteeism 2. 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36): quality of life
Secondary outcome measures	At baseline, post-intervention, 3 months post-baseline and 12 months post-baseline: 1. Eurofit (physical fitness test) 2. Baecke (questionnaire physical activity in daily life) 3. Work APGAR test: job satisfaction 4. Utrecht Coping List (UCL): coping
Overall study start date	01/10/2008
Completion date	01/11/2009

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	80 participants
Key inclusion criteria	1. Nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists (18 - 65 years, either sex) working with patients in a general hospital 2. During the latest 12 months: maximum 4 weeks of absenteeism due to work-related physical complaints
Key exclusion criteria	1. Serious neurological, orthopaedic, cardiovascular or internal diseases 2. Overweight (body mass index [BMI] less than 32 kg/m^2) 3. Drug or alcohol abuse 4. Pregnancy
Date of first enrolment	01/10/2008
Date of final enrolment	01/11/2009

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Belgium

Study participating centre

Artesis University College of Antwerp

Merksem
B-2170
Belgium

Sponsor information

Artesis University College of Antwerp (Belgium)
University/education

Van Aertselaerstraat 31
Merksem
B-2170
Belgium

Website	http://www.artesis.be
"ROR"	https://ror.org/0075f1c08

Funders

Funder type

University/education

Artesis University College of Antwerp (Belgium) - project-based scientific research (ref: G838)

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Results and Publications

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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