NCT06492642

Research Study on Patient Education for People With Chronic Low Back Pain

Pilot Study of Personalized Patient Education for Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot single-arm study is to examine the potential of personalized patient education materials to improve self-efficacy and perceived functional disability in patients with chronic low back pain. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the feasibility of delivering a personalized patient education program for individuals with chronic low back pain? 2. What is the impact of personalized patient education materials on disease-specific self-efficacy and patient-reported function in a small sample of individuals with chronic low back pain? Participants will be asked to: * access and complete online baseline questionnaires * access and follow online patient materials on chronic low back pain on days 5, 8, 11, 14, and 17 * access and complete online follow-up responses to baseline questionnaires and a post-study survey

Detailed description

This is a pilot single-arm study to examine the potential of personalized patient education materials to improve self-efficacy and perceived functional disability for patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). The investigators aim to recruit 30 individuals with cLBP. The investigators will aim to recruit 15 individuals from areas with an Area Deprivation Index (ADI) of at least 6 and 15 from areas with an ADI of 5 or lower. Participants will complete a 3-week educational intervention aimed at improving self-efficacy in managing chronic LBP. Educational materials will be personalized for each participant depending upon things like baseline knowledge of cLBP, smoking status, exercise status, beliefs about safe movement with cLBP, preference for various health care interventions, and nature of work (sedentary vs. labor-oriented job). Educational materials will be provided electronically using Qualtrics. Participants will complete outcome measures at baseline and follow-up as described elsewhere in this study record.

Conditions

• Chronic Low-back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient Education for Chronic Low Back Pain	Patient education on chronic low back pain (LBP), including: Day 5: Basic LBP education, types of LBP, "red flags"; Day 8: LBP guideline recommendations re: imaging; Day 11: LBP guideline recommendations re: use of rehabilitation services, sitting and standing desks; Day 14: LBP guideline recommendations re:pharmacologic management; Day 17: LBP guideline recommendations re: injections and surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-05
• Primary completion: 2025-01-21
• Completion: 2025-01-28
• First posted: 2024-07-09
• Last updated: 2025-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States