Therapeutic and Preventive Efficacy of an Intervention on Workers in a Back School

Alberto Benito Rodríguez, Hugo Guillermo Ternavasio- de la Vega, José Ángel Santos Sánchez, Helena Iglesias de Sena, Miguel Marcos, Antonio Javier Chamorro and José Antonio Mirón-Canelo
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Alberto Benito Rodríguez: Engineering and Expert in Universal Accessibility, Polytechnic School of Zamora, Department of Construction and Agronomy, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Hugo Guillermo Ternavasio- de la Vega: Internal Medicine, Virgen de la Concha Hospital of Zamora (SACYL), 4900004 Zamora, Spain
José Ángel Santos Sánchez: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Helena Iglesias de Sena: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Miguel Marcos: Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Salamanca (SACYL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Antonio Javier Chamorro: Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
José Antonio Mirón-Canelo: Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Back pain and its ailments are the main cause of absenteeism and sick leave. Furthermore, the cause of pain and disability in a large number of workers is unknown, and treatments are not effective in controlling it. For this reason, the Back Schools (BSs) provide theoretical and practical training to workers so that they can acquire knowledge and skills that will allow them to adequately manage their back problems, enabling them to recover their autonomy and prevent relapses. The aim of the study is to analyse the efficacy of a BS by means of the evaluation of pain and disability scales in workers in different sectors and in construction. The most important clinical benefits obtained after the intervention of a BS are the reduction of pain and disability. Statistically significant and clinically relevant results have been observed between the initial assessment and the 6-month review. BS has been shown to be effective in reducing low back and neck pain and disability during the first 6 months of follow-up. Construction workers have pain and disability rates at the overall mean and with improvements between the initial assessment and the 6-month review. Their rates of improvement are clinically more relevant than for the overall population analysed.

Keywords: dorsolumbar pathology; pain and disability; work absenteeism and disability; intervention study with follow up; back school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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