Effects of participatory ergonomic intervention on the willingness to work in patients with back injuries
Objective:To investigate the effect of a participatory ergonomics intervention program on the willingness to re-turn to work in patients with back injuries.Method:A total of 64 patients with lumbar&back injury were randomly divided into control group(n=33)and experimental group(n=31).The experimental group was given the participatory ergonomics intervention,and both group were given the conventional vocational rehabilitation training.Patients in the two groups were evaluated by spinal function sort(SFS),Lam assessment of stages of employment readiness(LASER),fear-avoidance belief questionnaire(FABQ)before and after intervention.Result:There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in FABQ score,SFS score and LASER score before invention(P>0.05).There were statistically significant differences in SFS scores and LASER scores in both groups before and after treatment(P<0.05),and the evaluation index of the experimen-tal group was significantly better than that of the control group(P<0.05).In the experimental group,FABQ scores decreased significantly(P<0.05),no significant decrease in control group(P>0.05).Conclusion:Participatory ergonomics intervention combined with vocational rehabilitation training can improve the self-perception of spinal function,and improve the willingness to work of patients with low back pain.
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