The Effects of Ergonomics Awareness Education and Exercise

The Effects of Ergonomics Awareness Education and Exercise on Physical Activity, Quality of Life, and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Remote Workers

This study aims to determine the effects of asynchronous and synchronous exercises, which are added to ergonomics awareness education, on musculoskeletal disorders, physical activity and quality of life.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Life; Telerehabilitation; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal System Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Asyncronized Exercise; Procedure: Syncronized Exercise

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 12
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged between 18-45
• Working at home at least 5 hours a day
• Not having one or more diagnosed musculoskeletal disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

• Limited access to technology or not being able to actively use the technology
• Had musculoskeletal trauma or surgery
• Pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Asyncronized Exercise Group; - Ergonomics awareness education and exercise suggestions	Behavioral: Asyncronized Exercise; This group will be informed about ergonomics and protective exercises for the musculoskeletal system with an online seminar.
Experimental: Syncronized Exercise Group; - Ergonomics awareness education and than 6 weeks online supervised exercise training	Procedure: Syncronized Exercise; This group will be informed about ergonomics and protective exercises for the musculoskeletal system with an online seminar. Then, participants will complete the 6 weeks of exercise training at an online video conference program two times a week under the physiotherapist's supervise.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical activty status	International Physical. Activity Questionnaire-short form	Baseline
Physical activty status	International Physical. Activity Questionnaire-short form	6 weeks
Quality of life status	Short Form 36	Baseline
Quality of life status	Short Form 36	6 weeks
Musculoskeletal Discomfort level	Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires: Higher scores indicate higher musculoskeletal discomfort.	Baseline
Musculoskeletal Discomfort level	Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires: Higher scores indicate higher musculoskeletal discomfort.	6 weeks
Ergonomic risk level	Rapid Upper Limb Assesment: Higher scores indicate higher risk.	Baseline
Ergonomic risk level	Rapid Upper Limb Assesment: Higher scores indicate higher risk.	6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Kültür University
• Investigators: Study Director: Halenur Evrendilek, Res. Asst., Istanbul Kultur University; Study Director: Burcu Semin Akel, Prof. Dr., Istanbul Kultur University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 20, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 20, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): September 13, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): July 26, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 14, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 13, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2/2021.K-20

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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