Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
low back pain, prevention, schoolchildren, education campaign
Brief summary
The objective is to assess the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. Subjects will be taken from a random sample of schools in Majorca, Spain: private, public and concerted. A 10 item questionnaire will be given to all children in that age group, to be answered in class on days 1, 14 and 97. Schools will be randomly assigned to the study and control groups. In the study group the students will get a Back Comic-Book (promotes active management) after the first assessment. The control group will have no other intervention than the questionnaire.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEducation (Back Comic-Book)
Through the Back Comic-Book the schoolchildren are taught prevention methods for low back pain.
Sponsors
Kovacs Foundation
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 8 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students in randomly selected private, public and concerted Majorca schools * Must be present in class on day of intervention and assessments
Exclusion criteria
* Absent from class on day of intervention and assessments
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management of low back pain in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. | 4 months |
| Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management on low back pain in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. | 4 months |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed