Prevalance of Self Medication Versus Physiotherapy Consultation With Low Back Pain

Prevalance of Self Medication Versus Physiotherapy Consultation Among University With Low Back Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07592741

Acronym

observational

Enrollment

377

Registered

2026-05-18

Start date

2025-08-27

Completion date

2026-04-30

Last updated

2026-05-18

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Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

self medication, low back pain, physiotherapy consultation

Brief summary

The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalance of physiotherapy consultation and self medication in universities students with low back pain

Detailed description

This is a comparative cross sectional study that conducted among 377 students with complaint of low back pain . Convenient sampling technique is used . Data is analyzed with statistical package for social Science (SPSS)

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18-25years * Symptom of low back pain from last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

* Chronic systemic disease * Trauma * Fracture of lumber spine

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Standardize Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire	5 weeks	It is widely used to assess symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in the neck, shoulders, back, and lower extremities
Pain Medicine Attitude Questionaire	5 weeks	A tool used to measure patients' concerns and beliefs about taking analgesics for pain.
Med Risk 5 Likert scale instrument toll Questionnaire	5 weeks	A tool, typically using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) to evaluate patient experiences in outpatient physiotherapy, consisting of 12-20 items.

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORRukhma Mauzzam, DPT

Elite College of managment Sciences Gujranwala

Outcome results