The Influence of Coping Strategies and Catastrophizing on Patients With Back and Neck Pain Treated Within the Spanish National Health Service

Kovacs Foundation1 site in 1 country1,400 target enrollmentNovember 2006

ConditionsBack Pain Neck Pain

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Back Pain
Sponsor: Kovacs Foundation
Enrollment: 1400
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Disability
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of coping strategies and catastrophizing thoughts on disability and the prognosis of back and neck pain in patients treated within the Spanish National Health Service. Patients will be given a visual analog scale (VAS) to rate intensity of pain, the Roland Morris Questionnaire (RMQ) or the Neck Disability Index (NDI) to rate the degree of disability, and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) to rate coping strategies and catastrophizing. Questionnaires will be given at baseline and three months later.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2006

End Date

April 2012

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Kovacs Foundation

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Francisco M. Kovacs

Director of Scientific Department, Kovacs Foundation

Kovacs Foundation

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Subjects treated for back or neck pain in the Spanish National Health Service.
•Able to read and write Spanish.
•Have signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

•Diagnosis or "red flags" for systemic diseases (e.g., cancer, infection).
•Pain due to fracture or direct trauma to the neck or back.
•Criteria for referral to surgery (e.g., neurogenic claudication due to spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, serious nerve root compression for more than 6 weeks due to disc herniation).