Can patient education focused on coping with pain facilitate return to work and everyday life following lumbar spinal fusion surgery?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery at a maximum of three levels due to chronic low back pain caused by degenerative diseases or spondylolisthesis grade 1-2.; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Low back pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN42281022
• Lead Sponsor: The Danish Council for Strategic Research (Det strategiske Forskningsråd) (Denmark)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-01-15
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18-64 years
2. Scheduled for lumbar spinal fusion surgery due to degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis grade I to II
3. Ability to speak and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychiatric diseases
2. Co-morbidity such as infection, fractures or malignant disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified