Clinical trials: Occupational Injuries
Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Soft Active Back Exosuit to Reduce Workplace Back Pain
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a wearable back exosuit can make it safer and easier for workers who bend, lift, and lower objects in an industrial setting.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Low Back Injury
- Trial name
- NCT05802914
- Testing
- Back Exosuit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Job Stress, Workplace Stress
Breath Regulation and Yogic Exercise An Online Therapy for Calm and Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study will examine the feasibility of conducting an online Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in frontline hospital and long term care healthcare staff in managing COVID-19 patients in London, ON.
- Conditions
- Job Stress, Workplace Stress, Compassion Fatigue, Psychological Trauma
- Trial name
- BREATH (NCT04368676)
- Testing
- Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY), Health Enhancement Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Occupational Exposure, Musculoskeletal Pain
Can Work be Organized to Become More Health Promoting for Employees in Home Care Services?
This is a two-group, cluster randomized controlled trial designed to assess a health promoting intervention in the home care sector.
- Conditions
- Occupational Exposure, Musculoskeletal Pain, Work-related Injury, Low Back Pain
- Trial name
- GoldiCare (NCT05487027)
- Testing
- Goldilocks work principle
- Where
- 11 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Depression, PTSD
The Efficacy of an Exercise Program and a Yoga Program in Mitigating Stress and Improving Mental Health Among Employees
To reduce workplace stress and promote mental health, participants were divided into three groups: exercise program, yoga program, and self-care.
- Conditions
- Depression, PTSD, Work Related Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06620783
- Testing
- exercise, yoga, active self-care
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Occupational Problems, Occupational Injuries
Massage Therapy and the Well-Being of Police Officers
This study is intend to show the positive impact that massage therapy can have on the lives of police officers. The study will demonstrate how regular treatment can change sleeping quality, stress levels and mental health.
- Conditions
- Occupational Problems, Occupational Injuries, Occupation-related Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03235206
- Testing
- Massage Therapy
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alanah Whiteway
Drowning
Improving Lifejacket Wear Among Boaters on Lake Albert, Uganda
A cluster randomized trial will be conducted for six months. To avoid covariate imbalance at baseline, stratified permuted block randomization with a 1:1 allocation ratio will be done.
- Trial name
- NCT05337761
- Testing
- Peer-led training on lifejacket wear
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 387 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Vicarious Trauma, Psychological Distress
Efficacy of Vicarious Post-Traumatic Growth Intervention for Nurses in Emergency Units
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of a Vicarious Post-Traumatic Growth (VPTG) Intervention among nurses working in emergency units.
- Conditions
- Vicarious Trauma, Psychological Distress, Post-Traumatic Growth, Psychological, Psychological Well-being
- Trial name
- VPTG-RCT (NCT07677527)
- Testing
- Psychoeducational Vicarious Post-Traumatic Growth Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fatima Jinnah Women University
Burnout, Professional, Self Compassion
Better Together Physician Coaching to Mitigate Burnout Amongst Clinicians
Better Together Physician Coaching ("Better Together", or "BT"), a 4-month, web-based positive psychology multimodal coaching program was built to decrease burnout in medical trainees.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional, Self Compassion, Flourishing, Imposter Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05635448
- Testing
- Better Together Physician Coaching Program, No intervention - waitlist control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Musculoskeletal Disorder, Mental Health Issue
An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work
The goal of the workplace intervention study 'An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)' is to examine the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program in a Danish…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Disorder, Mental Health Issue, Work-related Illness, Safety Issues
- Trial name
- ITASPA (NCT05866978)
- Testing
- Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Holbaek Sygehus
Laughter Yoga
The Effect of Group-Based Laughter Yoga on Midwifery Students
This study was planned to determine the effect of laughter yoga on the secondary traumatic stress and depression levels experienced by midwifery students due to the use of social media after the earthquake.
- Trial name
- NCT05942131
- Testing
- Group-based laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Ergonomics, Occupational Injuries
Effect of the "EMS Back-Up" Ergonomic Program on Paramedics' Manual Handling Safety.
Effect of the "EMS Back-Up" Ergonomic Program on Paramedics' Manual Handling Safety.
- Conditions
- Ergonomics, Occupational Injuries, EMS Exposures or Injuries of EMS Personnel
- Trial name
- NCT07502131
- Testing
- EMS Back-Up Program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Gulf War Syndrome
START & STOPP in GWI
Gulf War Illness (GWI) veterans were divided into 2 pathophysiological groups based on their orthostatic tachycardia responses after submaximal exercise.
- Trial name
- START (NCT03560830)
- Testing
- 2 submaximal exercise stress tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Siderosis, Neurological Disorder
Audiovestibular Function in Infratentorial Superficial Siderosis
One in six people in the United Kingdom and over 400 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss. This figure will double by 2050 as predicted by the World Health Organisation.
- Conditions
- Siderosis, Neurological Disorder, Rare Diseases, Age Related Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- AViSS (NCT04200664)
- Testing
- Hearing assessment, Vestibular/balance assessment, Quality of life assessment
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Laughter Yoga
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on the Secondary Traumatic Stress Level and Psychological Well-Being of Midwives
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of laughter yoga, which includes various relaxing practices, on secondary trauma levels and psychological well-being of midwives.
- Trial name
- NCT05933915
- Testing
- group-based laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Occupational-based Secondary Trauma
Somatic Mindfulness Training for a Healthy Workforce: Student Pilot Sample
This pilot study evaluates a somatic mindfulness training. Reductions in mental and physical health correlates of secondary trauma are assessed using a pretest-posttest design.
- Trial name
- NCT04122534
- Testing
- Somatic Mindfulness Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Workplace Stress, Mental Health
The Effects of Stress & Irregular Shift Hours on First Responders
First Responders are expected to maintain high-performance levels under extreme conditions. However, constant intense workplace stress, physical work demands, and irregular shift hours are taking a severe toll on frontline…
- Conditions
- Workplace Stress, Mental Health, HRV, EEG
- Trial name
- NCT05659277
- Testing
- Workplace Stress and Irregular shift hours
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Endominance
Work Disability Reduction and Prevention, Improving Return-to-Work Outcomes
SMART Supervisor Training Program to Prevent Work Disability
Supervisors of injured workers play a key role in preventing prolonged work absences. Providing supervisors with tools to improve their response to musculoskeletal and other workplace injuries or illnesses may improve worker…
- Trial name
- NCT02309996
- Testing
- Supervisor Training Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lakehead University
Core Temperature, Heat Stress, Exertional
Initial Stay Times and Heat Mitigation Controls for Uncompensable Occupational Heat Stress - Part II
Workplaces rely on upper heat stress limits provided by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) to manage the health and safety of workers in hot environments.
- Conditions
- Core Temperature, Heat Stress, Exertional, Heat Fatigue, Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT06543719
- Testing
- Simulated work in the heat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Occupational Therapy, Sexuality
Approach to Sexuality From Occupational Therapy in People With Acquired Brain Injury in Subacute Stage
Objectives: To analyse if people with acquired brain injury in sub-acute situation, as well as their relatives, and/or partners, consider relevant the approach to sexuality during their Occupational Therapy intervention.
- Conditions
- Occupational Therapy, Sexuality, Acquired Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT03911752
- Testing
- Semi-structured interviews, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade da Coruña
Gulf War Syndrome, Gulf War Illness
Validating Gulf War Illness Blood Biomarkers
The investigators goals are to identify blood lipids/metabolites that correlate with cognitive decline in the presence of the APOE ε4 allele among veterans with GWI.
- Trial name
- NCT05736146
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Roskamp Institute Inc.