Can home care work be organized to promote musculoskeletal health for workers? Results from the GoldiCare cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workers in home care have high sick leave rates, predominantly because of musculoskeletal pain. The Goldilocks Work Principle proposes that health should be promoted by a "just right" composition of work tasks. Weekly workloads differ substantially between home care workers, suggesting that certain workers may have workloads that are too high, impacting their musculoskeletal health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a "GoldiCare" intervention redistributing weekly workloads to become more equal among the homecare workers. Outcomes were pain in the neck/shoulder and lower back, and the implementation of the intervention was also evaluated.

Methods

A 16-week cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with 125 workers from 11 home care

SUBMITTER: Lohne FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11708094 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature