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The Effect of Two Short Education Programs for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in a Workers' Health Care Organization

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Registration Number
NCT00665821
Lead Sponsor
Kovacs Foundation
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of two different types of health education programs on the disability, beliefs related to low back pain and duration of sick leave in patients seen at a workers' health care organization

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
657
Inclusion Criteria
  • low back pain patients, with or without referred or radiated pain
  • no systemic disease or criteria for referral to surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • inability to fill out the questionnaires and scales
  • bedridden
  • rheumatologic inflammatory disease, cancer or fibromyalgia
  • suspicion of fibromyalgia
  • spinal fracture

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
A reduction in low back pain related disability and sick leave.365 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
A reduction in catastrophizing beliefs related to low back pain.365 days

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Kovacs Foundation

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Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Hospital Laboral SOLIMAT

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Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain

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