Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the project is to associate pre-treatment pain sensitivity level, levels of pain catastrophizing and levels of The Subgroups for Targeted Treatment (STarT) Back Screening Tool in patients with acute low back pain and patients' progression after 12 weeks of treatment by general practitioners.
Interventions
OTHERStandard care initiated by the general practitioner
Patients are treated based on their symptoms and the research group does not interfere with this.
Sponsors
Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg
Aalborg University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with low back pain, who have a mobile phone.
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnancy * Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs * Alcohol addiction * Lack of ability to cooperate * Surgery to the spine
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, RMDQ | 12 weeks follow-up | Change in the Roland-Morris Questionnaire (RMDQ) is one of the most widely used questionnaires for back pain. The RMDQ is a self-administered disability questionnaire consisting of 24 questions. The questions are related specifically to physical functions likely to be affected by low back pain. Each item is qualified with the phrase because of my back pain to distinguish back pain disability from disability due to other causes. When completing the RMDQ, the respondents are asked to tick a statement if it applies to them on that particular day. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Pain Catastrophizing Scale | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) consists of 13 items focusing on thoughts and feelings in connection with pain. |
| Predicting the Inception of Chronic Pain | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | The Predicting the Inception of Chronic Pain (PICKUP) questionnaire focuses on pain (How much low back pain have you had during the past week?, 1 = none, 2 = very mild, 3 = mild, 4 = moderate, 5 = severe, 6 = very severe), radiating pain to the legs (Do you have leg pain? 0 = no, 1 = yes), compensability (Is your back pain compensable, e.g. through worker's compensation or third party insurance? 0 = no, 1 = yes), depression (How much have you been bothered by feeling depressed in the past week (0-10 scale)? 0 = not at all, 10 = extremely) and the subject's overall evaluation of the risk of chronic pain (In your view, how large is the risk that your current pain may become persistent (0-10 scale)? 0 = none, 10 = extreme). |
| Basic information | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | A general questionnaire has been created for this study to gain a basic understanding of the patient's current pain, demographic information and use of medication |
| The StarT Back Screening Tool | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | The The StarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a nine-item patient self-reporting questionnaire validated for triage of nonspecific low back pain patients in primary care. |
| Cuff Algometry | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | Cuff algometry will be applied to assess pressure pain thresholds, temporal summation of pain and conditioned pain modulation. |
| Handheld Algometry | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | Handheld algometry will be applied to assess pressure pain thresholds. |
| Assessment of the Pain Area | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up | Patients will be asked to draw the pain area of their low back pain on a body map. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed