A Primary Care Biopsychosocial Intervention (Back on Track) for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain in Which Psychosocial Factors Moderately Influence Daily Life Functioning: a Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Up to now, only little research has been performed in tailoring treatment of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). It would be interesting to evaluate a biopsychosocial intervention in patients with a moderate to high level of disability and in whom the contributing role of psychosocial factors to this disability is mild to moderate (WPN3-). Nowadays, these patients receive cognitive behavioral-based treatments in multidisciplinary rehabilitation settings but might also benefit from treatments based on these multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment principles when provided by specifically trained primary care physical therapists. Therefore, the aims of this pilot-study are to evaluate the feasibility of a specifically for primary care physiotherapist developed biopsychosocial intervention ("Back on Track" intervention) in WPN3- classified patients, and to evaluate whether this "Back on Track" intervention results in a significant improvement in functional disability in this subgroup of patients.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Chronic low back pain; defined as pain between scapulae and gluteal region, whether or not with radiation towards one or both legs, present for at least three months.
- •Presence of contributing social and psychological factors, however not complex (WPN3-classification).
- •Age between 18 and 65 year
- •Sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
- •Acceptance towards the biopsychosocial approach instead of biomedical approach
Exclusion Criteria
- •Chronic low back pain attributable to e.g. infection, tumour, osteoporosis, fracture, structural deformation, inflammatory process, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome
- •Pregnancy
- •Any suspicion of an (underlying) psychiatric disease, for which psychiatric treatment is better suited, according to the expert opinion of the consultant in rehabilitation medicine.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS)
Time Frame: Change in functional disability between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up
The QBPDS is a 20-itemed questionnaire designed to determine the individuals' functional disability level (ranging from 0-100). A higher score reflects higher disability.
Secondary Outcomes
- Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ)(Directly after the first treatment (in the first week of the intervention))
- EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)(Change in quality of life between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)(Change in anxiety and depression between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)(Change in catastrophizing between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)(Change in catastrophizing between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)(Change in kinesiophobia between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Global Perceived Effect (GPE)(Global perceived effect at post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Trimbos and iMTA questionnaire on Costs associated with Psychiatric illness (TiC-P)(Medical consumption at pre-treatment (baseline), post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Social demographic questionnaire(pre-treatment (baseline))
- Treatment satisfaction questionnaire(post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks))
- Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)(Change in self-efficacy between pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (with an expected average of 8 weeks), 3 months follow-up and 12 months follow-up)
- Protocol adherence(All therapy sessions of the Back on Track intervention will be audio recorded (the intervention period of the trial will last approximately one year and 3 months))