Physical activity and health promotion for nursing staff in elderly care: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

IntroductionNursing staff is burdened by high workload and stress. Furthermore, heavy lifting, as well as transferring nursing home residents, cause lumbar tissue damage and back pain. Exercise intervention studies to reduce work-related problems are rare and the evidence for efficacy of studies among nurses is limited. Studies including targeted analysis of requirements are necessary to generate effective recommendations and tailored interventions for health promotion programmes. The purpose of this multicentred intervention study is to identify work-related problems, to implement health promotion programmes and to evaluate their effectiveness.Methods and analysisA randomised controlled trial will be conducted, including a total of 48 nursing home facilities in eight regions of Germany with an estimated sample size of 700 nurses. Standardised ergonomics and posture training (10 weeks, once a week for 20–30 min) and subsequently, back-fitness training (12 weeks, once a week for 45–60 min) will be administered. Following the implementation of standardised health promotion programmes, further demand-oriented interventions can be implemented. The perceived exposure to work-related demands, work-related pain in different parts of the body, health-related quality of life, perceived stress, work-related patterns of behaviour and experience, presentism behaviour, work environment as well as general needs and barriers to health promotion, will be assessed at baseline (pre-test), at 10 weeks (post-test, after ergonomics training), at 22 weeks (post-test, after back-fitness training) and at 34 weeks of the programme (follow-up).Ethics and disseminationThe study was reviewed and approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Hamburg (AZ: 2018_168). The results of the study will be published in open-access and international journals. Furthermore, the results will be presented in the participating nursing homes and at national and international conferences.Trial registration numberDRKS.de (DRKS00015241).

Multicomponent exercises to prevent and reduce back pain in elderly care nurses: a randomized controlled trial

“…This crossover single blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in two nursing homes (Germany, September 2018 -September 2019). The study is part of the project ‘PROCARE-Prevention and occupational health in long-term care’ [ 23 ].…”

Multicomponent exercises to prevent and reduce back pain in elderly care nurses: A randomized controlled trial

“…This crossover single blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in two nursing homes (Germany, September 2018 -September 2019). The study is part of the project 'PROCARE-Prevention and occupational health in long-term care' [23]. The investigation was approved by the local ethics committee (University of Hamburg, AZ:2018_168) and is registered at DRKS.de (DRKS00015249, registration date: 05/09/2018).…”

Ações de promoção da saúde para a qualidade de vida de trabalhadores da saúde

“…constata-se que 80% (8) estão publicados em periódicos internacionais [14][15][16][17][18][20][21][22] e os outros 20% (2) em nacionais 19,23 . Quanto ao delineamento das pesquisas, um estudo é documental 19 , dois exploratórios 14,23 , três transversais 15,18,22 e quatro de intervenção 16,17,20,21 .…”

“…Destes, 90% (9) [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] são de cunho quantitativo e 10% (1) são de cunho quali-quantitativo 23 . Sobre o nível de evidência, predominou o nível IV [15][16]19,22,23 com 50% (5), seguido de 40% (4) e 10% (1) com nível II 14,17,20,21 e III 18 , respectivamente.…”