Effectiveness of Different Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain Beliefs Questionnaire
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain
Detailed Description
This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools (an educational website vs a booklet) developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain.
Participants of the 2 experimental groups will be invited to use the tool they receive during a one-month period.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •individuals with non-specific persistent low back pain (pain > 6 months) who had their pain assessed by their general practitioner or a specialist within the last 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
- •specific low back pain,
- •educational treatment (back school, cognitive-behavioral, pain neurosciences education) in progress or planned during the study period
- •previous consultation of the didactic tools investigated in the present study
- •nerve root compromise,
- •recent spinal surgery (<3 months)
- •not fluent in French
- •no regular access to a computer and the internet
- •present follow-up by a psychiatrist
Arms & Interventions
Retrain pain educational website
Participants will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain
Intervention: Retrain pain educational website (Other)
Booklet
Participants will be invited to read an educational booklet for patients with chronic pain
Intervention: Booklet (Other)
Control
Participants in this group will receive the 2 educational tools at the end of the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain Beliefs Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up
Questionnaires to test patients' beliefs
Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up
Disability questionnaire
Secondary Outcomes
- Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire(Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up)
- Back-PAQ questionnaire(Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up)
- Pain intensity(Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up)
Investigators
Christophe Demoulin
Invited Professor
University of Liege