| Document ID (ISN) | 77689 |
| CIS number |
01-1691 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1077-3525 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Leclerc A., Landre M.F., Pietri F., Beaudoin M., David S. |
| Title |
Evaluation of interventions for prevention of back, neck and shoulder disorders in three occupational groups |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Mar. 1997, Vol.3 No.1, p.5-12. 23 ref. |
| Abstract |
An epidemiological study was carried out in order to evaluate the effects of prevention programs at the workplace aimed at reducing back, neck, and shoulder morbidity among active workers. The intervention group included 275 workers in three occupational subgroups: hospital workers, warehouse workers, and office workers. The control group included 250 workers as comparable as possible to the intervention group. Comparisons were made according to one-year changes in morbidity scores for low back, upper back, neck, and shoulder disorders separately. An overall measure was also used. The one-year change in the overall measure was significantly different between the intervention group and the control group, indicating a positive effect of the prevention programs. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
materials handling; health programmes; health care personnel; office work; musculoskeletal diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
backache; programme evaluation; epidemiologic study; shoulder |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
Workplace health promotion
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Office work
|
