Self-management of Low Back Pain in Horticulture Workers
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Conditions studied: Back Pain
In brief
The primary purpose of this hybrid Type II comparative effectiveness and implementation study is to compare two self-management strategies in nursery and landscape workers. This randomized pragmatic study will compare interventions with different degrees of support to determine if self-management videos plus multimodal personalized support is more effective than self-management videos alone for improving LBP among horticulture workers. Both groups will review short self-management video modules to introduce general pain concepts and the importance of managing pain without medication, risks of opioid use, self-management of pain, and simple ergonomic strategies for both groups. Both groups will choose 1 self-management strategy to manage pain at home and 1 ergonomic workplace strategy to limit pain. The video+support group will receive 1) check-list guidance, 2) review videos of their work tasks, and 3) receive text reminders to support implementation. Surveys will include instruments reflecting low back pain disability, pain, work ability, and affective or cognitive characteristics (self-efficacy, pain anxiety, depression, coping), collected at baseline, pre- and post-intervention, with follow-ups at 3- and 6-months. Workers will be videoed pre- and post-intervention for calculation of work risk and to compare any changes after the intervention. Specific aim 2 will identify contextual factors impacting engagement, adoption, effectiveness, and implementation. Interviews, focus groups, and field notes will be used to explain results and establish patterns to inform future translation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06153199
- Run by
- University of Florida
- People needed
- 164
- Starts
- 2024-06-06
- Expected to finish
- 2026-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-31
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Workers
- working full time (30 hours or more per week) in physically demanding nursery or landscape work
- currently employed or self-employed in nursery or landscape businesses
- 18 years of age or older
- English or Spanish speaking
- experiencing continuous or intermittent LBP over the past 3 months
- Owners, managers, supervisors
- Owners, managers, or supervisors who meet the same inclusion criteria as workers will be eligible to participate in the training interventions as well as the supervisory roles.
- All owners, managers, and supervisors who are willing to participate will be enrolled.
You may not qualify if…
- Workers
- history of major trauma, surgery, or spinal nerve blocks in the past year
- seeking disability or workman's compensation
- self-disclosed pregnancy
Where it is running
- University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States (enrolling)
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