Cross-sectional Study – Online Survey on Beliefs about Back Pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036896

Enrollment

130

Registered

2025-09-01

Start date

2025-09-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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

Conditions

back pain (any pain in the upper or lower spine region with or without leg pain)

Interventions

Group 1: People experiencing back pain get asked about their attitudes towards and beliefs about back pain and the sources where they get information about back pain from. Survey will only be done onc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: aged > 18 years, able to answer open-ended text-questions in German language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: aged < 18 years, able to answer open-ended questions in German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Information on current beliefs about and attitudes towards back pain the German population holds will be collected using an especially designed online-survey. The survey consists of opend-ended text questions based on the Common-Sense Model (CSM) of Self-Regulation by Leventhal.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Information regarding sources of information that are most common used or perceived as most trustworthy using two open-ended text questions and two direct questions using likert-scales in the online-survey	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDeborah Jost

Hochschule Bochum

deborah.jost@hs-bochum.de+49 234/777 27 - 707

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026