Comparison of Students’ knowledge about Spinal Disorders Preventive Behaviors

Aim: Back pain is one of the arising musculoskeletal disorders among the children population. The purpose of this study was to compare students #8217; knowledge about spinal disorders preventive behaviors #8221; Method and Materials: This study was a school-based clinical trial among 104 fifth grade female students. The intervention group (N = 52) received six training sessions once a week and the control group (N=52) did not receive any intervention. Data was collected using the self-reported questionnaire include demographic information and back care knowledge at baseline, immediately, 3- and 6-months follow-ups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. Descriptive analysis, chi-square test, independent t-test. repeated measure analysis of variance and Friedman test were applied to evaluate the results. Significance level was set at p #8804; 0.05. Findings: The results demonstrated that there was a significant interaction between #8216;group #8217; and #8216;test time #8217; factors (p #60; 0.001), with higher score for the intervention group (36.4%improvement for the knowledge test score). By contrast, the control group didn #8217;t have #160; significant higher mean score of knowledge from the pre-test to follow-up assessments. Conclusion: The effectiveness of intervention on back care related knowledge was demonstrated in this study. Further evaluation is required to examine other determinants of promoting back-related behavior.