Characteristics, needs and care situation of patients with low back pain in orthopedic practice

Characteristics, needs and care situation of patients with low back pain in orthopedic practice - CHABUV

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00026224

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2021-12-03

Start date

2021-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

M54.5

Interventions

Group 1: online-based survey of patients with low back pain

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients (1.) who have reached the age of 18, (2.) have a registered diagnosis of low back pain M.54.5, (3.) have visited one of the practice locations because of their back pain during the study period. Additionally for the survey: who (4.) have consented to participate in the study, (5.) have the ability to answer the questionnaire independently, (6.) have the ability to understand the scope and significance of the study. Additionally for accelerometry: (7.) who are undergoing treatment in Bochum.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. non fulfillment of inclusion criteria will result in exclusion, 2. no understanding of the German language, 3. no comprehension/cognitive capacity to understand the study information letter and to give informed consent to study participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. secondary use of anonymous routine data of all patients diagnosed with M54.5 to describe the entire clientele and care practices: By using the statistics module of the practice management software MEDICAL OFFICE, different routine data can be extracted anonymously to describe the total sample and its care. Relevant data in the context of the present study are age and sex, insurance status, number and type of prescriptions/ remedies/ medications, and number and type of diagnostic procedures and surgeries. 2. online-based survey of patients with low back pain to collect further characteristics, needs and the further description of the care situation including their subjective evaluation: - Oswestry Disability Index -Numeric rating scale -Short Form Health Survey 12 -Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia -Pain Catastrophizing Scale -Questionnaire on Physical Activity-Related Health Literacy -Neurophysiology of Pain Test -Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)/ Zuf-8 -StarT Back -Patient Global Impression of change -German Pain Questionnaire (ausgewählte Items) -GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS (ausgewählte Items) 3. 7-day accelerometer measurement to evaluate physical activity in a randomly selcted subsample (in addition to survey): accelerometer measurement: amount of moderate to intense activity and energy expenditure over a 7-day period (ActiGraph GT3X+). The anticipated duration of the study is 3 months (equivalent to one quarter).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. secondary use of anonymous routine data of all patients diagnosed with M54.5 to describe the entire clientele and care practices: By using the statistics module of the practice management software MEDICAL OFFICE, different routine data can be extracted anonymously to describe the total sample and its care. Relevant data in the context of the present study are age and sex, insurance status, number and type of prescriptions/ remedies/ medications, and number and type of diagnostic procedures and surgeries. 2. online-based survey of patients with low back pain to collect further characteristics, needs and the further description of the care situation including their subjective evaluation: - Oswestry Disability Index -Numeric rating scale -Short Form Health Survey 12 -Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia -Pain Catastrophizing Scale -Questionnaire on Physical Activity-Related Health Literacy -Neurophysiology of Pain Test -Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)/ Zuf-8 -StarT Back -Patient Global Impression of change -German Pain Questionnaire (ausgewählte Items) -GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS (ausgewählte Items) 3. 7-day accelerometer measurement to evaluate physical activity in a randomly selcted subsample (in addition to survey): accelerometer measurement: amount of moderate to intense activity and energy expenditure over a 7-day period (ActiGraph GT3X+). The anticipated duration of the study is 3 months (equivalent to one quarter).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKatharina Trompeter

hsg Bochum - Hochschule für Gesundheit

Katharina.Trompeter@hs-gesundheit.de0234 77727-627

Outcome results

None listed

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