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*Interculturalisation: Diagnostic Evaluation with Ethnic minority patients with Low back disabilities* (IDEAL)

Completed
Conditions
for which no specific physical cause can be identified
(2) low back pain
Low Back Disability: (1) chronic low back complaint
10028302
Registration Number
NL-OMON30507
Lead Sponsor
JBI - Instituut voor Reumatologie en Revalidatie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria

Registration period of the dropping out of the rehabilitation care trajectory: Dropping out of the trajectory between 1-10-2005 en 1-1-2009. This is the period in which the dropping out is recorded in the patient dossier: (a) during the duration of the data gathering: 1-10-2007 tot 1-1-2009, or (b) during two years before the data gathering starts: 1-10-2005 tot 1-10-2007.;Origin: Moroccan and Turkish origin. By Moroccan and Turkish origin is meant: (a) everyone born in Morocco or Turkey and of whom at least one parent is born in the same country (first generation); (b) everyone born in the Netherlands and of whom both parents are born in Morocco or Turkey (second generation);;Diagnosis: Chronic aspecific low back disability. Chronic aspecific complaints are defined as complaints for which no specific physical cause can be identified and that last longer then twelve weeks. Low back complaints are defined as complaints of pain, (muscle) tension and stiffness in the region that lies between the lower ribs and the lowest buttock folds, with or without radiation in the legs.;Reason for the dropping out of the rehabilitation care trajectory: non-medical reason. Dropping out of the rehabilitation care trajectory is defined as ending the incomplete trajectory, because of a non-medical reasons. The reason for the dropping out is determined by information acquired from the patient dossiers. This information is recorded in the report of the rehabilitation physician to the recommending general practitioner or specialist, in the discharge report of the rehabilitation physician, in the notes of the meetings of the rehabilitation team, or in the reports of the rehabilitation care provider.

Exclusion Criteria

Age: patients younger then 18 years of age
Levels of competence: inability to digest information
Written consent: unwilling to authorize the terms of consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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