The Effect of Interactive Multimedia Versus Illustrated Booklet on Behavior to Prevent Lower Back Pain in Working Nurses.

Comparison of the Effect of Interactive Multimedia Versus Illustrated Booklet on Behavior to Prevent Lower Back Pain in Working Nurses in the Hospitals Affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

The present study was conducted to compare the effect of interactive multimedia and illustrated booklet methods on knowledge, attitude and improvement of behavior in preventing lower back pain amongst lower back pain amongst nurses.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet

Detailed Description

In this single blind randomized controlled trial, 153 eligible nurses working in hospitals during 2019 were enrolled. The participants were randomly allocated into three parallel groups: interactive multimedia (n=55), illustrated booklet (n= 55), and the control (n= 43). The study samples were blinded to intervention and control groups. A researcher-made questionnaire was completed by the eligible subjects before, after, and four weeks after the intervention to assess their knowledge, attitude and behavior in preventing chronic lower back pain amongst working nurses.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 153
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Fars
    • Shiraz, Fars, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1846-71345
      • Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Minimum education level of bachelor's degree in nursing
• Employment in governmental hospitals
• Willing to participate in the study and complete the informed consent
• Minimum knowledge of working with computers

Exclusion Criteria:

• Congenital anomalies
• low back pain
• History of back surgery
• History of trauma to the back
• Pregnancy
• Severe osteoporosis

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Interactive multimedia training; the intervention group 1 completed the pretest knowledge, attitude, and behavior questionnaire. Then, interactive multimedia was made available to this group. The questionnaire was completed again by the group, one week after completion of training, and then one month afterward.	Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet; The experimental groups conducted interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet
EXPERIMENTAL: illustrated booklet; First, the intervention group 2 completed the pretest knowledge, attitude, and behavior questionnaire. Then, illustrated booklet was made available to this group. The questionnaire was completed again by the group one week after completion of training, and then one month afterward.	Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet; The experimental groups conducted interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet
EXPERIMENTAL: No Intervention; In the control group, no intervention was performed. Only before the intervention, one week and one month after the intervention, they completed the knowledge, attitude and behavior questionnaires.	Behavioral: Interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet; The experimental groups conducted interactive multimedia training and illustrated booklet

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Behavior of the employed nurses in order to prevent low back pain	Researcher made questionnaire for measuring behavior with 19 questions based on a six-point Likert scale.	5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge of the employed nurses in order to prevent low back pain	A Researcher made questionnaire for measuring knowledge with 10 four-option questions.	5 weeks
Attitude of the employed nurses in order to prevent low back pain	A researcher made questionnaire for measuring attitude with 18 questions based on a six-point Likert scale.	5 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Nahid Zarifsanaiey
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nahid zarifsanaiey, PhD, associate Professor, Virtual school, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): June 30, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 28, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 29, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 26, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): October 30, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): November 2, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 29, 2020
• Last Verified: October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: IR.SUMS.REC.1397.1093

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No