educational intervention for promoting low back pain preventive behaviors

Aim: musculoskeletal pain is one of the most prevalent causes of disability worldwide.the aim of this study was to assess the effects of a designed interventional program on promoting the knowledge, attitude and practice among clinical workers who working in hospitals of lorestan, iran.method and materials: in total 80 clinical workers of two hospitals of lorestan province in were assessed in groups of intervention (n= 40) and control (n=40). these participants completed the demographic and researcher - made questionnaires as well as visual analog scale (vas) at the beginning of the study. just the intervention group were trained with educational program. the data based on researcher - made questionnaire and vas were collected at 3- month follow up and analyzed using spss version 19. findings: totally, 40 clinical workers in each group of intervention and control with mean age of (33.18±6.025) and (31.40± 6.732) were assessed respectively. both groups were the same in terms of all studied variables at initial of the study (p > 0.05). however, there was a significant difference between the groups at 3- month follow up in terms of knowledge, attitude and practice (p<0.0001). furthermore, the mean score low back pain behavior in intervention group (18.35±.5.30) was significantly improved in comparison with the control group (16.05±4.52) (p<0.001). conclusion:this study showed the educational program was benefit to improve the knowledge, attitude and behavior of regarding preventing low back pain among clinical workers among lorestan hospitals in iran.