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Low back pain (LBP) is most common occupational health problem among nurses. Therefore, how to prevent and reduce low back pain have been the important issue for nurses. A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study to compare the effectiveness of 12-week exercise and counselling program to reduce low back pain in nursing personnel compared with counselling alone.
A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study. Purposive sampling is used to recruit participants from medical center in Central Taiwan. Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups: (1) exercise and back counselling, and (2) back counselling only. The results of this study will provide a guideline for nurses to prevent and to improve low back pain.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Exercise and back counselling group | Experimental |
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| Back counselling group | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Exercise | Behavioral | Twelves-week exercise training sessions include a variety of strength, flexibility, and coordination exercises. Each exercise session lasts for one hour. Participants are expected to attend exercise session once a week and are encouraged to continue exercising at home. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in Pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at week 6, week 12, month 3, and month 6 | Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is used in this study to assess the intensity of low back pain with numeric rating scale 0-100 mm during the past month. | Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline Musculoskeletal Symptoms in the Low Back Area at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6 | Version of the low back questionnaire in Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) is used in this study to assess the musculoskeletal symptoms in the low back area. | Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6. |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Hsin-Hsin Shih, PhD | China Medical University, China | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| China Medical University | Taichung | 406040 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017116 | Low Back Pain |
| ID | Term |
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| D001416 | Back Pain |
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015444 | Exercise |
| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
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A Quasi-Experimental design is used in this study. Participants are randomly assigned to exercise and back counselling group or back counselling only group.
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| Back counselling | Behavioral | Procedure of back counselling includes one session back counselling, lasting one hour. The topics of back counselling session are as follows: (1) Anatomy of lumbar; (2) Factors causing low back pain; (3) Problems of physical inactivity for the lumbar; (4) Risk of poor postures for developing persistent/chronic low back pain; (5) Maintaining right posture of the lumbar; (6) Avoiding harmful loading of the back during work and leisure time. |
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| Change from Baseline Functional Status at week 6, week 12, month 3 and month 6 |
Chinese version of Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is used in this study to assess the baseline functional status and its change over time for patients with back pain |
| Baseline, week 6, week 12, month 3, month 6 |
| D013568 |
| Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |