Effectiveness of A Telehealth Postural Awareness Program Combined With Exercise In People With Neck Pain

August 19, 2022 updated by: Tezel Yıldırım Şahan, Hacettepe University

Postural Awareness Program With Exercises In Patients With Neck Pain

People with neck pain often experience pain, neck disability, and poor quality of life. Postural-based awareness programs are evidence-based interventions for postural problems and neck pain disorders. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a telehealth physiotherapist-delivered postural awareness program combined with exercise in people with neck pain. Pain, neck disability, leisure time management, and exercise stage of change were evaluated.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Pain with visual analog scale, neck disability with Neck Disability Index, Leisure time management with Leisure Time Management Scale, and exercise stage of change with exercise Stage of change Scale were determined. The authors aim to find out if there are any changes before and after the program on the pain, neck disability, and evaluation subscale of the leisure time management scale, and exercise stage of change of participants.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06018
        • Tezel Yıldırım Şahan

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • being aged 18 years or over,
  • volunteering to take part in the study,
  • being a student of online education,
  • without a history of any neurological or orthopedic problem,
  • with resting neck pain (as measured by the VAS) lasting ≤30 days
  • that is aggravated by movement without extending distal to the shoulders.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • rheumatological diseases, malignity or structural deformities,
  • previous surgical intervention related to the neck region,
  • severe pain (more than 7 in 0 to 10 VAS)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Postural Awareness Program with Exercises in people with neck pain
Postural education, bad posture, good posture, awareness, their effects in daily life
Behavioral: A postural awareness program with exercises
A program about postural awareness, bad posture, good posture and their effects on daily life

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Neck pain
Time Frame: 5 minute
Visual Analog Scale- The evaluations of this study was performed at beginning and end of study. Neck pain was determined with Visual Analog Scale with 0 indicating "no pain", 10 indicating "the most severe pain
5 minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Neck Disability
Time Frame: 10 minute
Neck Disability Index-The Neck Disability Index consists of 10 items: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headache, concentration, work, driving, sleeping and recreation. Individuals included in the study were asked to rate each title between 0 (no disability) and 5 (complete disability). The total score ranges between 0 (no disability) and 50 (complete disability)
10 minute
Leisure Time Management
Time Frame: 10 minute
Leisure Time Management- This scale consists of four sub-dimensions and 15 items. These sub-dimensions were investigated as "evaluation", "programming", "leisure attitude", "goal setting and method". The answer codes of each item vary between 1 and 5 as a Likert type.
10 minute
Exercise Stage of Change
Time Frame: 10 minute
Exercise Stage of Change Scale-The "Exercise Behavior Change Steps Questionnaire" aims to determine the individual's exercise behavior steps. The four items in the questionnaire, in which the participants' wishes for exercise are tried to be determined, are answered as yes/no. Individuals' intention to exercise and their habits of participating in exercise are divided into five different exercise behavior steps according to their responses to the items: Pre-tendency, Tendency, Preparation, Movement and Continuity.
10 minute

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hacettepe University

Collaborators

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Tezel Y Şahan, phD, University of Health Science

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 5, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 10, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

May 20, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 18, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 19, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 19, 2022

Last Verified

August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022-191

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

The authors decided that if a researcher want ıpd than they will send them with e mail

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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