Telephone coaching for return to usual activity.

Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study will examine whether adding telephone coaching (named BackReady coaching) intervention when added to usual physiotherapy care leads to a decrease in activity limitation in people at risk for long term activity limitation in non-specific low back pain. It is anticiapted that BackReady coaching will lead to a decrease in activity limitation and a greater number of participants returning to their primary non-leisure activity.

Iles R, Taylor NF, Davidson M, O'Halloran P.

2011-01-0150 citations

10.1016/s1836-9553(11)70053-4

Interventions

Telephone-based health coaching in addition to usual physiotherapy care. Coaching will assess the importance of return to usual activity for the participant and if necessary use motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural techniques to increase the importance. Coaching will also assess the participant's confidence to return to usual activities and apply goal setting and action plans to increase confidence to return. Particiapants will be coached once per week for four weeks and once thre

Telephone-based health coaching in addition to usual physiotherapy care. Coaching will assess the importance of return to usual activity for the participant and if necessary use motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural techniques to increase the importance. Coaching will also assess the participant's confidence to return to usual activities and apply goal setting and action plans to increase confidence to return. Particiapants will be coached once per week for four weeks and once three weeks after the fourth session. Each coaching session will last approximately 30 minutes.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

NSLBP for less than 8 weeks duration (first or new episode). Recovery expectation less than 8 out of 10 for return to all activities in next month. English speaking. Access to telephone.

Exclusion criteria

Low back pain due to a specific pathology NSLBP episode longer than 8 weeks. Histroy of surgery for back pain

Outcome results