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Special Lower Back Pillow Examination

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Interventions
Other: survey
Registration Number
NCT05486845
Lead Sponsor
Szeged University
Brief Summary

Low back pain is a significant, serious and widespread problem in our world today, both in terms of social and economic burdens. It should be emphasized that even the young adult age group is very often affected by non-specific, low back pain without proven pathoanatomical changes.

Detailed Description

We plan to examine the use of a special lower back pillow and the time period of the sitting position. We would like to know how it helps to prevent and treat low back pain. We would like to know more about the people's pillow usage habits.

We are planning a questionnaire survey. We combine our own questions with validated, official questionnaires. Validated forms ask for an assessment of the extent of low back pain and the quality of experienced stress.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5000
Inclusion Criteria
  • in case of patients with low back pain: chronic pain
  • in case of asymptomatic individuals: no symptomes
Exclusion Criteria
  • serious neurologycal symptomes
  • serious scoliosis
  • previous surgery which affected the local stabilizers
  • serious pulmonar disease

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
adultssurveyPeople who use the lower back pillow.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MEDICAL HISTORY RECORD SHEET3 minutes

We created an individual patient examination form, in which we could ask our subjects about their lifestyle habits and about their low back pain.

THE QUEBEC BACK PAIN DISABILITY SCALE (QBPDS)2 minutes

The Quebec back pain disability scale is a condition-specific questionnaire developed to measure the level of functional disability for patients with low back pain (LBP) is a condition-specific questionnaire developed to measure the level of functional disability for patients with low back pain (LBP). The original purpose of the questionnaire is to take into account the functional limitations related to pain, to monitor the progress of individual patients and to compare the evolution of LBP subjects incorporated in rehabilitation programs.

THE PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE (PSS)2 minutes

The Perceived Stress Scale is a classic stress assessment instrument. The tool remains a popular choice for helping us understand how different situations affect our feelings and our perceived stress. The questions in this scale ask about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case, you will be asked to indicate how often you felt or thought a certainn way.

VISUAL ANALOG SCALE1 minute

The visual analogue scale or visual analog scale (VAS) is a psychometric response scale which can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measured. When responding to a VAS item, respondents specify their level of agreement to a statement by indicating a position along a continuous line between two end-points. VAS is the most common pain scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Szeged

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Szeged, Csongrád-Csanád, Hungary

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