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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR906
Date of registration: 16/02/2007
Primary sponsor: VU University Medical Center, EMGO-Institute
Public title: Participatory ergonomics for the primary prevention of back and neck pain; a cost-effectiveness study.
Scientific title: Participatory ergonomics for the primary prevention of back and neck pain; a cost-effectiveness study. - N/A
Date of first enrolment: 1/10/2007
Target sample size: 3668
Recruitment status: recruiting
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=906
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Placebo; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Maurice   Driessen
Address:  EMGO-instituut van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 20-4441710
Email: m.driessen@vumc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: Han J.R.  Anema
Address:  VU University Medical Center, Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO-Institute, Body@Work TNO van der Boechorststraat 7, van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 4446495 / +31 (0)6 13186986
Email: h.anema@vumc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Working more than 20 hours a week;

2. more than one year employed.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Workers with back and or neck pain in the 3 months prior to the intervention will be excluded.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neck complaints, Prevention, Participatory ergonomics, Back pain, Workers

Intervention(s)
The interventions is a participative ergonomic program. The participative ergonomics apporoach is based on the active participation and strong commitment of the employer and employee in the process to identify (potential) risk factors in the workplace and to choose the most appropriate solutions for these risks. The program consists out of six steps including a workplace observation, interviews and two meetings of 1,5 hours with (representatives of) workers and management of a department.
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome measure is the incidence of back and/or neck pain in the year of follow-up, assessed by means of a postal questionnaire. In the baseline and follow-up questionnaires, data on the incidence of back and neck pain will be collected using an adapted version of the Nordic Questionnaire. Cases of back and/or neck pain will be defined as those workers who reported regular of prolonged back pain and/or neck pain in the previous 12 months.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome measures are:

1. functional status;

2. pain intensity and sickness absence;

3. use of ergonomic measures.

Data on sickness absence will be collected on the basis of company and occupational health services registers.

With respect tot the economic evaluation data related to direct and indirect costs (costs in paid and unpaid labor as a consequence of sickleave or disability) and quality of life will be collected.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN27472278
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
ZON-MW, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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