NCT00454064

Cognitive-behavioural Treatment of Chronic Back Pain

Study to Compare a Cognitive-behavioral Treatment With a Cognitive-behavioral Treatment With Biofeedback Elements to Patients With Chronic (Low) Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: Philipps University Marburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study: * to compare two cognitive-behavioral treatments

Detailed description

128 patients suffering from chronic back pain were randomly assigned to either Wait List Control, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment or Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and Biofeedback. Measures were conducted 6 months before treatment (Wait List Control) immediately before and after treatment and at 6-months follow-up. 25 weekly 1-hr sessions of individualized outpatient cognitive behavioral treatment of chronic back pain Treatment elements: Cognitive treatment: identification, evaluation and correction of dysfunctional beliefs about themselves and pain by cognitive restructuring, problem-solving training and coping skills training Behavioural treatment: increasing activity levels (sports, social activities, work), reducing medication intake and unnecessary health care utilization Relaxation training: progressive muscle relaxation, biofeedback.

Conditions

• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	cognitive-behavioral treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-09-01
• Primary completion: 2007-09-01
• Completion: 2008-02-01
• First posted: 2007-03-29
• Last updated: 2017-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany