Factors Affecting Postural Awareness in Academics

Factors Affecting Postural Awareness in Academics in Kütahya

The aim of the study is to determine the factors affecting postural awareness in academics.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Health Adult Subjects

Detailed Description

The aim of the study is to determine the factors affecting postural awareness in academics. Data on age, height, weight, body mass index, gender, duration of academic work, daily working time, and distance from the eye to the screen were collected. Postural awareness, mindfulness, fatigue, and posture measures are described below. Postural Awareness Scale, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, Chalder Fatigue Scale and New York Posture Rating scale were used in study.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 122

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Kütahya
    • Kütahya, Kütahya, Turkey (Türkiye), (552) 266-8356
      • Kutahya Health Sciences University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Academics in Kütahya Health Sciences University

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being an academician
• Being between 24 and 60 years old and People and pregnant women were excluded from the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having with any orthopaedic or neurological disorders
• Being pregnant

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Postural Awareness Scale	The Postural Awareness Scale (PAS) was designed by Cramer et al. 1 to measure self-reported awareness of body posture, and translated to Turkish version by Dursun et al.. The PAS consist of 12 items in original form but 12th item was removed from the Turkish version due to factor load was low. The PAS consist of two factor structures, ease/familiarity with postural awareness (items 6-11) and need for attention regulation with postural awareness (items 1-5). The Turkish version of PAS scores range from 11 to 77, higher scores indicate high greater postural awareness. The total score was calculated after reversing the values of items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and adding other items.	At the beginning of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale	The Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) was developed by Brown and Ryan 3 and translated to Turkish version by Özyeşil et al. The MAAS contains 15 items to measure individual differences in the tendency to be mindful. All the items are scored range from 1 (almost never) to 6 (almost always) points. The MAAS total scores can range from 1 to 6 points due to based on a mean (average) of the 15 items. Higher scores indicate a higher level of mindfulness.	At the beginning of the study
Chalder Fatigue Scale	The Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS) was developed by Chalder et al. 5 and translated to Turkish version by Adın et al. The CFS measures the severity of perceived fatigue and chronicity of fatigue. The CFS consist of 11 items, and which consist of two dimensions, including physical (CFS-PF) and mental fatigue (CFS-MF). The total score ranges from 0 to 33 points. Higher scores indicates a high level of fatigue.	At the beginning of the study
New York Posture Rating Scale	The New York Posture Rating (NYPR) Scale was used to assess postural alignment changes for clinical postural evaluation in 13 body aligment segment. Lateral and posterior posture analysis is performed in 13 regions (head, neck, shoulder, scapula, upper thoracic, waist, rips, abdomen, hips, knees, legs, feet and toes). Every region was scored 1 (pronounced deviation), 3 (slight deviation) or 5 (correct posture) points. Total score is between 13-65 points. Higher scores indicates better the postural alignment.	At the beginning of the study

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lütfiye AKKURT, PhD, Kutahya Health Sciences University; Study Chair: Nisa TÜRÜTGEN, MSc, Kutahya Health Sciences University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 10, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): December 18, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2025
• First Posted (Estimated): January 2, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 6, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2026
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: posture; academics; postural awareness
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2025/11-29

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