Evaluation of a Back Pain Prevention Education Program for Transportation Workers
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Background: In context, back pain refers to physical discomfort in the back. We classify aches in the back as upper-back, lower-back, or other types depending on which spinal region is afflicted. Depending on how long an episode of back pain lasts, we can classify it as acute, subacute, or chronic. Different people experience pain in different ways, such as a constant throb, sharp stabbing pains, or a burning sensation. Back pain can be caused by straining or twisting the back into an uncomfortable posture, or it can be the result of an injury to a spinal joint, ligament, or disc. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of a proposed educational strategy for the prevention of back pain.
Material and Method: The same set of people were tested both before and after the intervention. Drivers in the transport unit of a tertiary care hospital in the Indian state of Maharashtra were surveyed to see how much they knew about back pain. The effectiveness of the planned education programme is evidenced by a rise in the percentage of workers successfully answering knowledge-related questions.After participating in a well-designed training programme, students' knowledge levels rose from 12 on the pretest to 83 on the posttest, a gain of 14.11 points.
Result: The p-value is significantly lower than 0.0001. The null hypothesis is rejected since the p value is less than 0.05.
Conclusion: To sum up, the results of this study indicate that the educational programme was an efficient means of raising driver-members' awareness of back pain prevention strategies.
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