NCT01060280

Effectiveness of Group GDS and Individual GDS for Treatment of Low Back Pain in Primary Care

The Effectiveness of the Physiotherapy Techniques Group GDS and Individual GDS for the Treatment of Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care. A Cluster, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 461 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kovacs Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A cluster, randomized, controlled clinical trial, where the hypothesis is that Group GDS and Individual GDS are effective in the treatment of nonspecific low back pain. The clusters will be the participating physiotherapy departments in primary care who treat patients with low back pain. In each physiotherapy department there will be 3 groups: education group, Group GDS and Individual GDS. Patients will be followed for 12 months. Variables will be: demographic,intensity of pain, disability, quality of life, patient satisfaction, medication intake for current episode, non-pharmacologic treatment for current episode, co-morbidity, diagnostic tests, sick leave, and habitual physical activity. The questionnaires to be used are: Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, PI-NRS, VAS, SF-12 and EQ-5d.

Conditions

• Subacute Nonspecific Low Back Pain
• Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education on active management	Routine clinical practice plus education on active management.
OTHER	Group GDS physiotherapy	Routine clinical practice (which will be substituted by Group GDS) plus education on active management.
OTHER	Individual GDS physiotherapy	Routine clinical practice (except for usual physiotherapy, which is substituted by Group and Individual GDS) plus education on active management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2010-02-02
• Last updated: 2014-08-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain