NCT00361556

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

Treatment for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care With Standardized Health Education Booklets: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kovacs Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Back Book	A book on how to prevent back pain
BEHAVIORAL	The Back Guide	A guide for the prevention of back pain.
BEHAVIORAL	General health book	A book on general health

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2006-08-08
• Last updated: 2014-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain