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

Kovacs Foundation657 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

657

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Classic back pain prevention education, and cognitive behavioral management.BEHAVIORAL

Classic education: postural hygiene, Back Guide. Cognitive behavioral management: active management, Back Book.

General health educationBEHAVIORAL

General health education: a booklet describing general norms for maintaining good health

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (2)

Kovacs Foundation

Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Hospital Laboral SOLIMAT

Toledo, Castille-La Mancha, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

A reduction in low back pain related disability and sick leave.

Time frame: 365 days

Secondary Outcomes

A reduction in catastrophizing beliefs related to low back pain.

Time frame: 365 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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