Active Management for Low Back Pain for 6 to 8 Year Old Schoolchildren

Kovacs Foundation700 enrolled

Overview

The objective is to assess the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. Subjects will be taken from a random sample of schools in Majorca, Spain: private, public and concerted. A 10 item questionnaire will be given to all children in that age group, to be answered in class on days 1, 14 and 97. Schools will be randomly assigned to the study and control groups. In the study group the students will get a Back Comic-Book (promotes active management) after the first assessment. The control group will have no other intervention than the questionnaire.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

700

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Education (Back Comic-Book)BEHAVIORAL

Through the Back Comic-Book the schoolchildren are taught prevention methods for low back pain.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 8 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Students in randomly selected private, public and concerted Majorca schools * Must be present in class on day of intervention and assessments Exclusion Criteria: * Absent from class on day of intervention and assessments

Locations (1)

Kovacs Foundation

Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management of low back pain in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren.

Time frame: 4 months

Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management on low back pain in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren.

Time frame: 4 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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