Improving the effectiveness of primary care for low back pain: the Sub-grouping for Targeted Treatment (STarT Back) trial

Completed

• Conditions: Back pain; ow back pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37113406
• Lead Sponsor: Keele University (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

1. Males and females age 18 and over with non-specific low back pain
2. Able to give informed and written consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Persons with ?red flags? indicative of possible serious spinal pathology
2. Serious co-morbidity
3. Psychiatric illness/personality disorder
4. Recent spinal surgery (less than six months)
5. Pregnancy
6. Already receiving treatment for this episode of back pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire<br>2. Pain Catastrophising Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Recurrence of back pain<br>2. Fear avoidance (Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia)<br>3. Back pain bothersomeness<br>4. Anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)<br>5. Self-reported global change in back problem<br>6. Pain intensity<br>7. Patient perceptions of their low back pain<br>8. Patient satisfaction <br>9. Overall health status (EuroQol instrument [EQ5D], Short Form health survey version two [SF12 vs2])