Treatment for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care: a Trial on Different Health Education Booklets

Kovacs Foundation240 enrolled

Overview

The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness on the disability of low back pain patients of The Back Book, The Back Guide, and a control intervention (generic recommendations on general health). Patients are divided into 3 groups:those who receive The Back Book (classic education), those who receive The Back Guide (cognitive behavioral education) and the control group). They are patients who consult a physician at the primary care consults of 14 different Health Centers in Spain. The sample size is 240 subjects.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

240

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

The Back BookBEHAVIORAL

A book on how to prevent back pain

The Back GuideBEHAVIORAL

A guide for the prevention of back pain.

General health bookBEHAVIORAL

A book on general health

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Low back pain patients, * with or without referred or radiated pain; * without red flags for systemic disease or criteria for surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to read the handout or to fill out the questionnaires; * habitually in a prostrate position; * diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatologic disease, cancer or fibromyalgia; suspicion of fibromyalgia.

Locations (1)

Primary care Centers affiliated with the Spanish Back Pain Research Network

Throughout Spain, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Degree of disability at 180 days of follow-up.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Catastrophizing and days on sick leave at 180 days of follow-up.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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