Effects of Self-Efficacy Promoting Program for Work-Related Back Pain Preventive among Garbage Collectors under the Local Government Organization in Samut Prakan Province
Issued Date
2023-05-01
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ISSN
2697584X
eISSN
26975866
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105016137609
Journal Title
Thai Journal of Public Health
Volume
53
Issue
2
Start Page
518
End Page
539
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Thai Journal of Public Health Vol.53 No.2 (2023) , 518-539
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Cheawbangyang S., Jirapongsuwan A., Kalampakorn S., Siri S. Effects of Self-Efficacy Promoting Program for Work-Related Back Pain Preventive among Garbage Collectors under the Local Government Organization in Samut Prakan Province. Thai Journal of Public Health Vol.53 No.2 (2023) , 518-539. 539. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/112219
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Effects of Self-Efficacy Promoting Program for Work-Related Back Pain Preventive among Garbage Collectors under the Local Government Organization in Samut Prakan Province
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Abstract
Extended Abstract Work-related back pain causes limitations in activity and decreased productivity. Modifying ergonomic work behaviors along with exercise can help reduce back pain symptoms. This quasi-experimental research aimed to investigate the effects of self-efficacy promoting program for work-related back pain preventive among garbage collectors under the local government organization on self-efficacy in the practice of preventing work-related back pain, outcome expectation of preventing work-related back pain, work-related back pain preventive behavior, back muscle flexibility, ergonomic risk, and back pain, by applying the self-efficacy concept of Bandura and ergonomics principle. The participants were garbage collectors under the local government organization, Samut Prakan province, Thailand, using a purposive sampling method. The participants included 29 workers; they were divided into; 14 workers in the experimental group and 15 workers in the comparison group. The experimental group received the effects of a self-efficacy promoting program for work-related back pain prevention, with four activities. The program activities included learning, successful models, encouraging and goal setting. Data were collected by using questionnaires, flexibility measurements, and REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) before and after the intervention at week 5 and week 7. The results revealed that after the intervention in the 5th week and 7th, participants in the experimental group had mean score of self-efficacy, outcome expectation of the practice, back pain preventive behavior and back muscle flexibility higher than before the intervention and different from the comparison group, statistically significant (p <0.05). The mean score of back pain lower than those before the intervention and different from the comparison group, statistically significant (p <0.05) and mean score of ergonomic risk lower after the intervention in the 5th week and 7th, and different from the comparison group after the intervention in the 7th, statistically significant (p <0.05). This finding suggested that occupational health nurse or public health officer at the local government organization can apply this program to promote self-efficacy to prevent work-related back pain among the garbage collectors.