Health Education vs. Health Education Plus Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain Patients
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Registration Number
- NCT00439764
- Lead Sponsor
- Kovacs Foundation
- Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a brief educational program and of an additional program in physical therapy, for the treatment of low back pain in Primary Care of the Spanish National Health Service. This is a controlled, cluster randomized community trial.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 680
Inclusion Criteria
- Consultation for low back pain, with or without referred or radiated pain; no signs of systemic disease or criteria for surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
- Inability to fill out the questionnaires (blindness, dementia, illiteracy; total habitual prostration;
- Diagnosis of rheumatologic inflammatory disease, fibromyalgia or cancer in last 5 years;
- Suspicion of fibromyalgia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of pain, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later 6 months Disability, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later 6 months Sick leave, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fear avoidance beliefs, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later 6 months Quality of life, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later 6 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Servicio de Atención Primaria del SACYL
🇪🇸Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Servicio de Atención Primaria del SACYL🇪🇸Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain