Agricultural Workers' DiseasesNCT06289465
Examination of Pain, Posture, Physical and Mental Status in Seasonal Hazelnut Workers
An observational study of Agricultural Workers' Diseases and Posture, run by Istanbul Bilgi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
The collection of hazelnuts grown in our country provides a great source of employment for local people and seasonal workers. However, geographical conditions in hazelnut growing areas, challenging variable weather conditions in August and insufficient number of workers create a disadvantageous environment for… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 34 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Agricultural Workers' Diseases, Posture, Pain
- What is being tested?
- Observation
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2024to 1 Dec 2024
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 34 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Study population: Seasonal agricultural workers and not working control group in the same age and socioeconomic environment
Who may be able to join
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- To be between the ages of 18-34.
- Having worked as a seasonal worker in Giresun for at least 1 month during the hazelnut harvest period.
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- To be between the ages of 18-34.
- Not having worked in any agricultural work during the summer period.
- Living in the same socioeconomic environment as the group working as seasonal workers
Who cannot join
- Having visual, auditory, etc. communication problems that will prevent participation in the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
İstanbul BilgiUniversity
Istanbul, Beyoğlu, 34065
About this study
Official title: Investigation of the Effect of Working Style on Pain, Posture, Physical and Mental Status in Seasonal Hazelnut Workers
The collection of hazelnuts grown in our country provides a great source of employment for local people and seasonal workers. However, geographical conditions in hazelnut growing areas, challenging variable weather conditions in August and insufficient number of workers create a disadvantageous environment for seasonal workers.
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of working conditions on mental status, fatigue, pain severity and postures (posture disorders, developmental delays, etc.) of young adults working in Giresun during the hazelnut picking season in comparison with the group living in the same sociodemographic and cultural environment but not working as seasonal workers.
Read the detailed description
Agricultural work is a very broad concept that includes crop production as well as animal husbandry, forestry and aquaculture. An agricultural worker is a person who is unable to farm on his/her own account and tries to make a living by working for wages. A seasonal agricultural worker, on the other hand, is a person who works seasonally in someone else's agricultural field at any stage of agricultural production such as planting, cultivation, spraying, harvesting, in return for wages/wages or in-kind payment, permanently or on a mobile basis (Dedeoğlu \& Bayraktar, 2019). The common point of seasonal agricultural workers, whether mobile or temporary, is that they cannot earn sufficient income from their own agricultural enterprises, they are families with little or no land, and they migrate seasonally (mobile) and/or temporarily (daily) to regions with more agricultural work opportunities in order to make a living.
Seasonal (mobile) agricultural workers usually stay in the places where they go to work until the work is finished. Families may work in more than one region and in different production areas depending on climate and time. Migration to the Black Sea region is carried out for the hazelnut harvest. During the hazelnut harvest, which can last from August to September 15, workers reside in Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Giresun, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop, Zonguldak, Bartın, Sakarya, Kocaeli. Some of these workers additionally travel to Çukurova and other cotton-growing provinces in September-October for the cotton harvest.
According to the 2011 nationwide "Determination of the Needs of Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Their Families Survey", it was found that seasonal agricultural workers' needs mostly related to shelter such as toilets, bathrooms, hygiene, electricity/clean water, isolation, health services and childcare could not be adequately met. Seasonal agricultural workers work under many disadvantageous conditions.
There is a need for further studies on the physical and psychological effects of these harsh conditions in the open environment and in the summer season and the negative changes that may be caused by working as seasonal workers at a young age.
- Conditions
- Agricultural Workers' Diseases, Posture, Pain, Depression, Fatigue
- Being tested
- Observation
- Keywords
- agricultural workers, posture, pain, depression, fatigue
- Medical subject headings
- Agricultural Workers' Diseases, Pain, Depression, Fatigue
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
ObservationOther
Seasonal workers will be assessed in the assessment area established in the hazelnut field and healthy controls will be assessed in their homes.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Workers (Experimental group) | Criteria:
* Volunteering to participate in the study.
* To be between the ages of 18-34.
* Having worked as a seasonal worker in Giresun for at least 1 month during the hazelnut harvest period. Receives: Other: Observation | |
| Controls (Control group) | Criteria:
* Volunteering to participate in the study.
* To be between the ages of 18-34.
* Not having worked in any agricultural work during the summer period.
* Living in the same socioeconomic environment as the group working as seasonal workers Receives: Other: Observation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
McGill Melzack Questionnaire
Pain assessment (McGill Melzack Questionnaire) Participants' pain site, intensity and type will be assessed with the McGill-Melzack pain questionnaire. This questionnaire was first developed by Melzack and Katz in 1971. It consists of four parts. In part 1, there are two body pictures drawn from the front and back to mark the area or areas of the body affected by the patient's pain. The patient is asked to mark the location of the pain on the body diagram and indicate with the letter 'D' if the pain is deep and 'Y' if it is on the body surface. In the second part, the participant is asked to describe their pain. The participant marks the appropriate words from the appropriate group. A suitable word from each group can be marked or if it is not suitable, the group can be skipped altogether. In the third part, the relationship between pain and time is asked.
Measured: Baseline
PhysioPrint Mobile Application
Posture assessment (PhysioPrint Mobile Application) The evaluation of the participants' posture will be performed with the PhysioPrint mobile application. The application has validity and reliability. The analysis is done by taking an image of the participant from the opposite side to assess posture disorders. The differences between the shoulder height levels, hip joint symmetry, and if there is hip joint symmetry, the differences between the kneecap alignments are determined angularly. The distance and angle of the foot and ankle joints to other anatomical regions can also be examined. After the analysis data is saved, the images will be deleted. In our study, this analysis will be used to compare the differences seen in seasonal workers with the non-working group.
Measured: Baseline
Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire
Fatigue assessment (Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire) Fatigue will be assessed with the Fatigue Scale for both groups. The Fatigue Scale asks about fatigue in the two weeks prior to the assessment. It has 20 items, each item is scored on a seven-point Likert scale. A high score indicates high levels of subjective fatigue and concentration problems and low levels of motivation and physical activity. It has Turkish validity and reliability, and its internal consistency was reported to be high.
Measured: Baseline
Secondary outcomes (1)
Beck Depression Inventory
Mental State Assessment (Beck Depression Inventory) Participants' depression levels will be assessed with the Beck Depression Scale. It is a 21-item self-report questionnaire to assess the severity of depression in normal and psychiatric populations. It was developed by Beck et al. and revised in 1978. It is suitable for the assessment of the population aged 13 years and older. Each item is scored between 0-3 and the total score ranges between 0-63. A high score indicates a high level of depression.
Measured: Baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Mar 2024
- Study start1 Sep 2024
- Primary completion1 Nov 2024
- Study completion1 Dec 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Agricultural Workers' DiseasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Bilgi University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Furkan Çakır, Istanbul Bilgi University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06289465
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IstanbulBU
- Status last verified
- Dec 2024
- First submitted
- 25 Feb 2024
- Last updated
- 4 Dec 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Dec 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Investigation of the Effect of Working Style on Pain, Posture, Physical and Mental Status in Seasonal Hazelnut Workers
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06289465
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IstanbulBU
- Conditions
- Agricultural Workers' Diseases, Posture, Pain, Depression, Fatigue
- Keywords
- agricultural workers, posture, pain, depression, fatigue
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Bilgi UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Nov 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Dec 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 1 Mar 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The collection of hazelnuts grown in our country provides a great source of employment for local people and seasonal workers. However, geographical conditions in hazelnut growing areas, challenging variable weather conditions in August and insufficient number of workers create a disadvantageous environment for seasonal workers.
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of working conditions on mental status, fatigue, pain severity and postures (posture disorders, developmental delays, etc.) of young adults working in Giresun during the hazelnut picking season in comparison with the group living in the same sociodemographic and cultural environment but not working as seasonal workers.
Detailed description
Agricultural work is a very broad concept that includes crop production as well as animal husbandry, forestry and aquaculture. An agricultural worker is a person who is unable to farm on his/her own account and tries to make a living by working for wages. A seasonal agricultural worker, on the other hand, is a person who works seasonally in someone else's agricultural field at any stage of agricultural production such as planting, cultivation, spraying, harvesting, in return for wages/wages or in-kind payment, permanently or on a mobile basis (Dedeoğlu \& Bayraktar, 2019). The common point of seasonal agricultural workers, whether mobile or temporary, is that they cannot earn sufficient income from their own agricultural enterprises, they are families with little or no land, and they migrate seasonally (mobile) and/or temporarily (daily) to regions with more agricultural work opportunities in order to make a living.
Seasonal (mobile) agricultural workers usually stay in the places where they go to work until the work is finished. Families may work in more than one region and in different production areas depending on climate and time. Migration to the Black Sea region is carried out for the hazelnut harvest. During the hazelnut harvest, which can last from August to September 15, workers reside in Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Giresun, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop, Zonguldak, Bartın, Sakarya, Kocaeli. Some of these workers additionally travel to Çukurova and other cotton-growing provinces in September-October for the cotton harvest.
According to the 2011 nationwide "Determination of the Needs of Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Their Families Survey", it was found that seasonal agricultural workers' needs mostly related to shelter such as toilets, bathrooms, hygiene, electricity/clean water, isolation, health services and childcare could not be adequately met. Seasonal agricultural workers work under many disadvantageous conditions.
There is a need for further studies on the physical and psychological effects of these harsh conditions in the open environment and in the summer season and the negative changes that may be caused by working as seasonal workers at a young age.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Workers (Experimental group) | – | Other: ObservationCriteria: * Volunteering to participate in the study. * To be between the ages of 18-34. * Having worked as a seasonal worker in Giresun for at least 1 month during the hazelnut harvest period. |
| Controls (Control group) | – | Other: ObservationCriteria: * Volunteering to participate in the study. * To be between the ages of 18-34. * Not having worked in any agricultural work during the summer period. * Living in the same socioeconomic environment as the group working as seasonal workers |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 34 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
- Study population
- Seasonal agricultural workers and not working control group in the same age and socioeconomic environment
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- To be between the ages of 18-34.
- Having worked as a seasonal worker in Giresun for at least 1 month during the hazelnut harvest period.
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- To be between the ages of 18-34.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Having visual, auditory, etc. communication problems that will prevent participation in the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| ObservationSeasonal workers will be assessed in the assessment area established in the hazelnut field and healthy controls will be assessed in their homes. | Other | Controls (Control group), Seasonal Workers (Experimental group) |
Primary outcome
McGill Melzack Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline
Pain assessment (McGill Melzack Questionnaire) Participants' pain site, intensity and type will be assessed with the McGill-Melzack pain questionnaire. This questionnaire was first developed by Melzack and Katz in 1971. It consists of four parts. In part 1, there are two body pictures drawn from the front and back to mark the area or areas of the body affected by the patient's pain. The patient is asked to mark the location of the pain on the body diagram and indicate with the letter 'D' if the pain is deep and 'Y' if it is on the body surface. In the second part, the participant is asked to describe their pain. The participant marks the appropriate words from the appropriate group. A suitable word from each group can be marked or if it is not suitable, the group can be skipped altogether. In the third part, the relationship between pain and time is asked.
PhysioPrint Mobile Application
Time frame: Baseline
Posture assessment (PhysioPrint Mobile Application) The evaluation of the participants' posture will be performed with the PhysioPrint mobile application. The application has validity and reliability. The analysis is done by taking an image of the participant from the opposite side to assess posture disorders. The differences between the shoulder height levels, hip joint symmetry, and if there is hip joint symmetry, the differences between the kneecap alignments are determined angularly. The distance and angle of the foot and ankle joints to other anatomical regions can also be examined. After the analysis data is saved, the images will be deleted. In our study, this analysis will be used to compare the differences seen in seasonal workers with the non-working group.
Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline
Fatigue assessment (Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire) Fatigue will be assessed with the Fatigue Scale for both groups. The Fatigue Scale asks about fatigue in the two weeks prior to the assessment. It has 20 items, each item is scored on a seven-point Likert scale. A high score indicates high levels of subjective fatigue and concentration problems and low levels of motivation and physical activity. It has Turkish validity and reliability, and its internal consistency was reported to be high.
1 secondary outcome
Beck Depression Inventory
Time frame: Baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Dec 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Agricultural Workers' Diseases and Posture, run by Istanbul Bilgi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Dec 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
McGill Melzack Questionnaire (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Dec 2024.