The effectiveness of participatory ergonomics to prevent low back pain and neck pain: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Driessen, Maurice; Proper, Karin I.; Anema, Johannes R.; Knol, Dirk L.; Bongers, P.M.; Beek, Allard van der

doi:10.1136/oemed-2011-100382.202

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“…We found that employers can save about 592 EUR per unit reduction in physical exertion. Until now, not many studies using participatory ergonomic interventions to reduce health risk among workers have performed an economic evaluation 8,12,20 . Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, we could not find any study that aimed to reduce physical exertion among workers using participatory ergonomics.…”

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“…Until now, not many studies using participatory ergonomic interventions to reduce health risk among workers have performed an economic evaluation. 8 , 12 , 20 Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, we could not find any study that aimed to reduce physical exertion among workers using participatory ergonomics. Thus, we compared our results with participatory ergonomic studies targeting other outcomes, such as disability duration, musculoskeletal pain, and sick leave.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…One study conducted a 12-month participatory ergonomic programme aiming to reduce low back pain among workers from transport, manufacturing, and healthcare sector. 8,21 This study did not perform a cost-effectiveness analysis from company perspective, but from societal perspective and observed the intervention to not be cost-effective (ICER of 23,749 EUR/unit of low back pain). Our results are in line with another study evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce musculoskeletal pain-related Note: cost and effect differences were corrected for their baseline values.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Thus, we compared our results with participatory ergonomic studies targeting other outcomes, such as disability duration, musculoskeletal pain, and sick leave. One study conducted a 12-month participatory ergonomic programme aiming to reduce low back pain among workers from transport, manufacturing, and healthcare sector 8,21 . This study did not perform a cost-effectiveness analysis from company perspective, but from societal perspective and observed the intervention to not be cost-effective (ICER of 23,749 EUR/unit of low back pain).…”

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“… 10 A review has indicated, however, that not many studies have explored the economic value of participatory ergonomic interventions. 11 Economic evaluations of participatory ergonomic workplace interventions have been conducted among workers from textile and steel manufacturing, 8 , 12 healthcare, 8 and transport sector.8 However, we are not aware of studies investigating the economic value of participatory ergonomic workplace interventions among childcare workers.…”

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Cost-Effectiveness and Return-on-Investment of a Participatory Ergonomics Intervention Among Childcare Workers

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Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness and return-on-investment (ROI) of 20-week ergonomic intervention to reduce physical exertion at work compared with usual-practice among childcare workers. Methods: One hundred ninety workers from 16 institutions were cluster-(institute)-randomized to intervention (n = 96) and usual-practice (n = 94) group. The intervention group participated in three workshops to develop/implement action plans improving ergonomic conditions. The rating of physical exertion (RPE) was measured at baseline and 20-weeks. Employer-perspective-based costs of intervention, absenteeism, and presenteeism were estimated. Results: Although statistically non-significant, one-unit reduction in RPE was associated with saving of 592 EUR/worker. Per-EUR invested by the employer was associated with 1.6 EUR (95% CI: -3.1; 6.5) return in the intervention compared with usual practice. Conclusion: The intervention tended to gain monetary benefit for the employer. The results should be replicated in larger populations for improved precision of economic evaluation estimates.

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