Environmental health and preventive medicine
-
Environ Health Prev Med · Mar 2011
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEffectiveness of intervention for low back pain in female caregivers in nursing homes: a pilot trial based on multicenter randomization.
Although the importance of stretching exercise for pain-relieving and patient education is well documented for chronic lumbago patients, it is uncertain how effective on-the-job training (OJT) is for female caregivers in nursing homes. In the present pilot trial based on multicenter randomization, we evaluated the intervention effect of a lecture and stretching exercise on caregivers in nursing homes. ⋯ Even with the conduct of one OJT, and exercises of only 6 min every day, the adherence of caregivers was low, and there appeared to be few effects of the OJT.