Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Beliefs; Disability Physical
• Interventions: Other: Booklet; Other: Retrain pain educational website

• Registration Number: NCT03301428
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-04
• Study Start: 2017-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-01
• Study Completion: 2020-02-01
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Booklet	Booklet	Participants will be invited to read an educational booklet for patients with chronic pain
Retrain pain educational website	Retrain pain educational website	Participants will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Beliefs Questionnaire	Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up	Questionnaires to test patients' beliefs
Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire	Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up	Disability questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire	Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up	Questionnaire about patients' beliefs/representations
Back-PAQ questionnaire	Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up	Questionnaire about patients' beliefs
Pain intensity	Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up	Pain Numeric rating scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Liege University Hospital; 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium