Assessment-based diagnosis with graded treatment recommendations including excercise preferences for therapeutic services to increase effectiveness of rehabilitation in chronic low back pain

Assessment-based diagnosis with graded treatment recommendations including excercise preferences for therapeutic services to increase effectiveness of rehabilitation in chronic low back pain - RückCare

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00008831

Enrollment

160

Registered

2015-07-29

Start date

2016-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-30

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Conditions

M51 M53 M54

Interventions

Group 1: Control group: All participants will receive the usual medical rehabilitation under the German pension fund. Group 2: Intervention group: The intervention is exclusively defined by a improved

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants must be in the scope of the rehabilitation treatment standards "chronic back pain" of the German Pension Fund.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - insufficient German language skills, the questions are in german - no evidence of acute, dangerous diseases (red flags)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is the function ability measured by the questionnaire Funktionsfragebogen Hannover (FFbH-R) used at the beginning, the end and six months after the rehabilitation	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary endpoints are the self-reported disabilities through pain measured by the Pain Disability Index (PDI), the intensity of pain measured by the numerical rating scale (NRS) as well as psychological symptoms gathered by the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-4). The questions are contained in the questionnaire at the beginning, the end and six months after rehabilitation. Adding to the above mentioned questions the success of rehabilitation will be assessed at the third wave (six months) by items, which are also asked in the routine survey of the German pension fund (DRV). The therapeutic application, aftercare recommendations and the medical performance rating will be extracted from the discharge letters.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary endpoints are the self-reported disabilities through pain measured by the Pain Disability Index (PDI), the intensity of pain measured by the numerical rating scale (NRS) as well as psychological symptoms gathered by the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-4). The questions are contained in the questionnaire at the beginning, the end and six months after rehabilitation. Adding to the above mentioned questions the success of rehabilitation will be assessed at the third wave (six months) by items, which are also asked in the routine survey of the German pension fund (DRV). The therapeutic application, aftercare recommendations and the medical performance rating will be extracted from the discharge letters.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSandra Fahrenkrog

Charité, Institut für medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Abteilung Rehabilitationsforschung

sandra.fahrenkrog@charite.de030 450 517 114

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026