Effect of educational sessions directed to musculoskeletal disorders on health literacy and on the kyohotic and lordotic indexes in employers of the CESPU group: Pilot study

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Marlene da
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Costa, Nuno da, Fonseca, André, Lopes, Sofia, Coelho, Ana, Rocha, Paula , Brochado, Gabriela, Vieira, Ágata
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/26358
• topic: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs); Sitting position

Due to technological advance in developed countries, there has been an evolution of workplaces which, in turn, has increased the adherence to the  “sitting position” in the  workplace, consequently leading to an increase in the  incidence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Currently, physiotherapy has shown an important role, through health literacy, not only in the treatment but also in the prevention of MSDs. Aim of work. To evaluate the effect of educational sessions aimed at MSDs on health literacy and on the indices of the thoracic and lumbar region curvatures, in a population of employers of the Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (CESPU) group. A pilot study:quasi-experimental was conducted on 22 employers of the CESPU group. They were allocated into two groups, the Experimental (N = 12), which was subject to the educational sessions, aimed at posture and prevention of MSDs, and the Control (N = 10), consisting of employers who showed no interest in attending the educational sessions. A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied to characterise the sample, a Quiz, in validation process, with the purpose of assessing the level of literacy of the employers in an educational and interactive way, and the Flexicurve, with the purpose of assessing the physiological curvature of the thoracic and lumbar regions, before and one week after the educational activities. Data were analysed using the IBM® SPSS® software,with a confidence interval of 95%. Results. No statistically significant differences were found in the  values of the kyphotic and lordotic indexes, between the two groups. Statistically significant differences were found, in the intragroup analysis (between the two moments of assessment) in the Total Score, assessed by the Quiz, for the experimental group (p = 0.005). This study concluded that there seems to be no effect of the  educational sessions on the  curvatures of the  thoracic and lumbar regions of the employers of the CESPU group. However, the results seem to show a positive effect of the educational sessions on the Total Score, which may suggest an increase in the level of health literacy.