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Che X. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity: A cluster-randomized trial
    'Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health', 2019
    Co-Authors: Pereira M., Strake Leo, Melloh Markus, Comans T., Sjøgaard G., O’leary S., Che X.
    Abstract:

    Objectives: Using an employer’s perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation Ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either Workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A Workplace intervention combining Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term

Sjøgaard G. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity: A cluster-randomized trial
    'Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health', 2019
    Co-Authors: Pereira M., Strake Leo, Melloh Markus, Comans T., Sjøgaard G., O’leary S., Che X.
    Abstract:

    Objectives: Using an employer’s perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation Ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either Workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A Workplace intervention combining Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term

  • A Workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    Australian Physiotherapy Association. Published by Elsevier B.V., 2014
    Co-Authors: O’leary S., Comans T., Straker L, Melloh M, Khan A, Sjøgaard G.
    Abstract:

    AbstractIntroductionNon-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a Workplace Ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown.Research questionDoes a combined Workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program?DesignProspective cluster randomised controlled trial.Participants and settingOffice personnel aged over 18 years, and who work>30 hours/week.InterventionIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3×20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks.ControlIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks.MeasurementsPrimary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement.Procedure640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters.AnalysisAnalysis will be on an ‘intent-to-treat’ basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability.DiscussionThe findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel

  • A Workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    'Elsevier BV', 2014
    Co-Authors: O'leary S., Comans T., Straker L, Melloh M, Khan A, Sjøgaard G.
    Abstract:

    Non-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a Workplace Ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown.Does a combined Workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program?Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial.Office personnel aged over 18 years, and who work>30 hours/week.Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3×20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks.Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks.Primary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement.640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters.Analysis will be on an 'intent-to-treat' basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability.The findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel

Comans T. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity: A cluster-randomized trial
    'Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health', 2019
    Co-Authors: Pereira M., Strake Leo, Melloh Markus, Comans T., Sjøgaard G., O’leary S., Che X.
    Abstract:

    Objectives: Using an employer’s perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation Ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either Workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A Workplace intervention combining Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term

  • A Workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    Australian Physiotherapy Association. Published by Elsevier B.V., 2014
    Co-Authors: O’leary S., Comans T., Straker L, Melloh M, Khan A, Sjøgaard G.
    Abstract:

    AbstractIntroductionNon-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a Workplace Ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown.Research questionDoes a combined Workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program?DesignProspective cluster randomised controlled trial.Participants and settingOffice personnel aged over 18 years, and who work>30 hours/week.InterventionIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3×20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks.ControlIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks.MeasurementsPrimary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement.Procedure640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters.AnalysisAnalysis will be on an ‘intent-to-treat’ basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability.DiscussionThe findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel

  • A Workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    'Elsevier BV', 2014
    Co-Authors: O'leary S., Comans T., Straker L, Melloh M, Khan A, Sjøgaard G.
    Abstract:

    Non-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a Workplace Ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown.Does a combined Workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program?Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial.Office personnel aged over 18 years, and who work>30 hours/week.Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3×20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks.Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks.Primary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement.640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters.Analysis will be on an 'intent-to-treat' basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability.The findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel

O’leary S. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity: A cluster-randomized trial
    'Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health', 2019
    Co-Authors: Pereira M., Strake Leo, Melloh Markus, Comans T., Sjøgaard G., O’leary S., Che X.
    Abstract:

    Objectives: Using an employer’s perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation Ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either Workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A Workplace intervention combining Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term

  • A Workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    Australian Physiotherapy Association. Published by Elsevier B.V., 2014
    Co-Authors: O’leary S., Comans T., Straker L, Melloh M, Khan A, Sjøgaard G.
    Abstract:

    AbstractIntroductionNon-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a Workplace Ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown.Research questionDoes a combined Workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program?DesignProspective cluster randomised controlled trial.Participants and settingOffice personnel aged over 18 years, and who work>30 hours/week.InterventionIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3×20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks.ControlIndividualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks.MeasurementsPrimary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement.Procedure640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters.AnalysisAnalysis will be on an ‘intent-to-treat’ basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability.DiscussionThe findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel

Pereira M. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity: A cluster-randomized trial
    'Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health', 2019
    Co-Authors: Pereira M., Strake Leo, Melloh Markus, Comans T., Sjøgaard G., O’leary S., Che X.
    Abstract:

    Objectives: Using an employer’s perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of Workplace Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus Ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation Ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either Workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A Workplace intervention combining Ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term

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