OBJECTIVES: To investigate the usefulness of a back care education programme on the promotion of knowledge and behaviour of fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren in terms of reducing risk factors for low back pain later in life. METHODS: Multi-stage random sampling was used to classify the pupils in one of the intervention or control groups. A validated questionnaire was filled out by each subject before the educational programme, and a week and three months afterwards. RESULTS: Improvement in knowledge and behaviour of pupils was observed a week and three months after the intervention (P<0.001) with no significant difference between the boys and the girls. However, a decreasing trend was observed in knowledge and behaviour pattern form a week to three months after the intervention. CONCLUSION: Considering back care education in the school curriculum is recommended for long-term sustainability of an educational programme.
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the usefulness of a back care education programme on the promotion of knowledge and behaviour of fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren in terms of reducing risk factors for low back pain later in life. METHODS: Multi-stage random sampling was used to classify the pupils in one of the intervention or control groups. A validated questionnaire was filled out by each subject before the educational programme, and a week and three months afterwards. RESULTS: Improvement in knowledge and behaviour of pupils was observed a week and three months after the intervention (P<0.001) with no significant difference between the boys and the girls. However, a decreasing trend was observed in knowledge and behaviour pattern form a week to three months after the intervention. CONCLUSION: Considering back care education in the school curriculum is recommended for long-term sustainability of an educational programme.
Authors: José Manuel García-Moreno; Inmaculada Calvo-Muñoz; Antonia Gómez-Conesa; José Antonio López-López Journal: BMC Musculoskelet Disord Date: 2022-04-02 Impact factor: 2.362