Postural Habits, Awareness and Spine

Alterations in posture are frequently seen as a risk factor for the development of spine pain. Postural awareness is essential for sustaining healthy postural habits in daily life. The first of the contribution to literature of our study is that the Postural Habits and Awareness Scale, which is a new questionnaire that provides easy inquiry about postural habits and awareness, is a low-cost method and has not been used in the literature before, was used to confirm the relationships between spine pain and functionality and scale parameters in accordance with the literature. Another contribution is that it is underlined that even among doctors, who are the direct managers of health, low postural awareness and bad postural habits that can lead to spinal problems are quite common.

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Key information

Conditions

Spine Posture

Age range

20 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ufuk University

Ankara, 06510, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

participants between the ages of 20-50
who were working as research assistant physicians

Exclusion criteria

with a history of previous trauma or surgery that could cause pain or postural disorders in the spine,
known systemic, neurological, psychiatric, infectious, inflammatory, rheumatic, tumoral or degenerative diseases

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Postural Habits and Awareness Scale

Time frame: 1 month

Postural Habits and Awareness Scale:

It is a five-point Likert type scale (1=I completely disagree, 5=I completely agree) developed to evaluate postural habits and posture awareness, consisting of 7 items evaluating postural habits and 12 items evaluating postural awareness. In the scale, two main scores are postural habit (PH) and postural awareness (PA); and sub-scores are stance habits and awareness (SHA), awareness of factors that impair stance (AFIS), positional awareness (POA) and ergonomic awareness (EA). Higher scores on the scale indicate better postural habits and awareness levels. The scale was developed by Bayar et al in 2022 and its Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ufuk University

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Relationships Between Postural Habits and Awareness With Spine Pain, Spine Functions and Quality of Life in Research Assistant Physicians

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Oct 3, 2024
Registry last updated: Oct 3, 2024

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