Treatment for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care: a Trial on Different Health Education Booklets
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Registration Number
- NCT00361556
- Lead Sponsor
- Kovacs Foundation
- Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness on the disability of low back pain patients of The Back Book, The Back Guide, and a control intervention (generic recommendations on general health). Patients are divided into 3 groups:those who receive The Back Book (classic education), those who receive The Back Guide (cognitive behavioral education) and the control group). They are patients who consult a physician at the primary care consults of 14 different Health Centers in Spain. The sample size is 240 subjects.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
- Low back pain patients,
- with or without referred or radiated pain;
- without red flags for systemic disease or criteria for surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
- Inability to read the handout or to fill out the questionnaires;
- habitually in a prostrate position;
- diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatologic disease, cancer or fibromyalgia; suspicion of fibromyalgia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Degree of disability at 180 days of follow-up. 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Catastrophizing and days on sick leave at 180 days of follow-up. 6 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Primary care Centers affiliated with the Spanish Back Pain Research Network
🇪🇸Throughout Spain, Spain
Primary care Centers affiliated with the Spanish Back Pain Research Network🇪🇸Throughout Spain, Spain