Postural Habits, Awareness and Spine

Evaluation of Relationships Between Postural Habits and Awareness With Spine Pain, Spine Functions and Quality of Life in Research Assistant Physicians

Alterations in posture are frequently seen as a risk factor for the development of spine pain. Postural awareness is essential for sustaining healthy postural habits in daily life. The first of the contribution to literature of our study is that the Postural Habits and Awareness Scale, which is a new questionnaire that provides easy inquiry about postural habits and awareness, is a low-cost method and has not been used in the literature before, was used to confirm the relationships between spine pain and functionality and scale parameters in accordance with the literature. Another contribution is that it is underlined that even among doctors, who are the direct managers of health, low postural awareness and bad postural habits that can lead to spinal problems are quite common.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Spine; Posture

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 72

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06510
    • Ufuk University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

72 volunteer participants between the ages of 20-50 who were working as research assistant physicians.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants between the ages of 20-50
• who were working as research assistant physicians

Exclusion Criteria:

• with a history of previous trauma or surgery that could cause pain or postural disorders in the spine,
• known systemic, neurological, psychiatric, infectious, inflammatory, rheumatic, tumoral or degenerative diseases

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Postural Habits and Awareness Scale	Postural Habits and Awareness Scale: It is a five-point Likert type scale (1=I completely disagree, 5=I completely agree) developed to evaluate postural habits and posture awareness, consisting of 7 items evaluating postural habits and 12 items evaluating postural awareness. In the scale, two main scores are postural habit (PH) and postural awareness (PA); and sub-scores are stance habits and awareness (SHA), awareness of factors that impair stance (AFIS), positional awareness (POA) and ergonomic awareness (EA). Higher scores on the scale indicate better postural habits and awareness levels. The scale was developed by Bayar et al in 2022 and its Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted.	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ufuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 24, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 3, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 3, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2024
• Last Verified: October 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 23.01.12.01/01

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