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Cost-effectiveness of an individual on line real-life computer-tailored physical activity and educational intervention at work-site to secondary prevention of non-specific sub acute or recurrent low back pain on office workers: Look after your back

Completed
Conditions
on-specific low back pain
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Dorsalgia
Registration Number
ISRCTN40949689
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Extremadura (Spain)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

1. Workers (aged 18 - 65 years, either sex) with subacute non-specific low back pain
2. Patient assessed by Preventive Medicine Services from University of Extremadura
3. Working with a computer and internet access at work
4. Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Other major disease
2. Regular physical activity more than one day a week in the last 5 years
3. Any drug intake that may affect back pain significantly - to avoid external influences

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measured at baseline, three months and eight months: <br>1. Socio-sanitary costs (direct and indirects costs)<br>2. Functional and psychological disability in nonspecific low back pain (using Roland-Morris Questionnaire, the Oswestry Disability Index and the Start Back Tool [SBST])<br>3. Health-related quality of life (using the EuroQoL questionnaire [EQ-5D]) and their utilities to health economic analyses<br>4. Fitness and muscular function (using the handgrip strength test, Ito-Shirado and leg and back flexibility)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Grade of satisfaction with programme<br>2. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)<br>3. Stage of change
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