How Many Days Will You Delay Before a MRI When You Have Low Back Pain?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Two questions on limit of tolerance
研究概览
简要总结
This is a behavioral observational study aimed at understanding the limit of tolerance (in days) of ideally performing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by people with acute low back pain. It consists of a short self-administered questionnaire. Relationships between low back pain intensity, maladaptive thoughts and awaited days before ideally requesting a MRI will be evaluated.
详细描述
This is a behavioral observational study aimed at understanding the limit of tolerance (in days) of ideally performing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by people with acute low back pain (LBP) and by general practitioners (GP).
Literature pointed out that LBP is a common occurrence in people, with high rates of self-resolution in the absence of red flags (i.e. possible indicators of serious spinal pathology).
In Italy there is an over-prescription of MRI despite international guidelines go the opposite way.
The study consists of a short self-administered questionnaire which will be given to people and GP to complete. In more details, the survey is made of 3 questions collecting information on the limit of tolerance (in days) before requesting (people) and prescribing (GP) a MRI for the lumbar tract of the spinal column.
Further, participants will have to complete a self-administered pain intensity numerical rating scale, along with catastrophizing and anxiety self-administered questionnaires.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Having acute low back pain (i.e., a pain lasting no more than 6 weeks)
- •Adult age
- •Ability to understand the Italian language
排除标准
- •Mental deficits
- •Refuse to adhere to the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Two questions on limit of tolerance
时间窗: Up to the first day
Design of questions which investigates the limit of tolerance of requesting and prescribing a MRI; score is expressed as "number of days" (neither min nor max values are stated a priori).
次要结局
- PCS(Up to the first day)
- NRS(Up to the first day)
- ZUNG(Up to the first day)