Feasibility of a One-day-and-a-half for Patients With Low Back Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Multidisciplinary education and exercise therapy program

• Registration Number: NCT04133818
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of a one-day-and-a-half no intensive multidisciplinary education and exercise therapy program in the subgroup of patients with subacute or chronic LBP for whom first-line treatments had failed but for whom an intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation program was not indicated.

Detailed Description

Retrospectively, data of patients between 18 and 60 years who had benefited in the PMR unit of Cochin' hospital of a one-day-and-a-half no intensive multidisciplinary education and exercise therapy program are collected.

This no intensive multidisciplinary education and exercise therapy program is proposed by the PMR unit of Cochin' hospital to all patients with a subacute or chronic low back pain for whom first-line treatments had failed but for whom an intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation program is not indicated.

It is done in group of 4 to 6 people, performed by medical doctors with experience in the management of patients with low back pain, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and psychologist.

Data regarding feasibility of this program were recorded with autoquestionnaires that patients had to fill in during the program and 3 months after.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-18
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-21
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• age ≥ 18 years
• subacute or chronic non-specific LBP ≥ 6 weeks
• no indication for an intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation program according to the senior physician, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation and/or rheumatology with a strong experience in the care of patients with non-specific LBP
• currently working
• written consent

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to speak or read French
• cognitive impairment
• current sick leave
• history of intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for LBP

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Multidisciplinary program.	Multidisciplinary education and exercise therapy program	Patients with subacute or chronic LBP for whom first-line treatments had failed but for whom an intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation program was not indicated.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability	3 months	Acceptability of the program by the patients (evaluated by a visual analog scale (VAS) between 0 and 100 with 100 representing the best acceptability and 0 the lowest acceptability)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Efficiency	3 months	Efficiency of the program to diminish fear and beliefs (FABQ, between 0 and 66 with 66 representing the highest level of fear and beliefs about low back pain and 0 representing no fear and beliefs about low back pain)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hôpital Cochin; 🇫🇷 Paris, France