| 英文摘要 |
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic, workers in traditional industry had reduced physical activity and health promotion activities to comply with preventive measures and maintain social distancing. This is indirectly affected musculoskeletal injuries. The benefits of health promotion interventions for workers in traditional industries deserved attention. Objective: To examine the efficacy of a health promotion intervention program on body mass index, physical activity and Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire scale among traditional industry workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental design. Participants were recruited from a traditional industry in northern Taiwan and were divided into two arms based on their factory floor: the experimental arm (n=55) and the control arm (n=40). The experimental arm received eight weeks health promotion intervention including: online and in-person health promotion lectures, and environmental improvement. The control arm received routine care. Assessments of physical activity and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire scale were conducted at baseline and after 8 weeks. Independent t test and chi-square test were used for homogeneity. Paired t test and analysis of covariance were used evaluate within and between-group differences. Results: Compared with baseline, the intervention arm at 8 weeks improved (p<.05) body mass index (-0.24 kg/m2), vigorous-intensity physical activity (27.54 min/week), moderate vigorous-intensity physical activity (34.82 min/week). Additionally, compared to the control arm at 8 weeks, the intervention arm improved (p<.05) vigorous-intensity physical activity, moderate vigorousintensity physical activity, and Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire scale. Conclusions: The health promotion intervention program was not only to improve body mass index and physical activity, also reduce musculoskeletal injuries. In the future, occupational nurses could use online and in-person health promote lectures to improve musculoskeletal problems for traditional industry workers. |