Back School Efficacy on Low Back Pain and Quality of Life of Workers. COPCORD STUDY (Stage II)

The study is an intervention, Phase II COPCORD study. (COPCORD= Community Oriented Program to Control Rheumatic Diseases). The purpose of this study is to find if Back School training has any benefit on low back pain of the workers in a pharmaceutical factory in Tehran suburbs.

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Key information

Conditions

Low Back Pain Back Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Rheumatology Research Center

Tehran, Tehran Province, 14114, Iran

About this study

A back school will be held on at the Modava Pharmaceutical Factory, in Tehran suburbs. We estimate that this prospective study will include almost one third of the 70 workers in the factory. The study provides objective data and subjective information from patients. The clinical benefits of back school on low back pain and quality of life will be reported at the beginning and the end of intervention and after a period of 6 months follow up.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

History of mechanical low back pain in the last six months

Exclusion criteria

History of inflammatory spinal diseases
Severe scoliosis
History of spinal surgery
History of spinal malignancy

Treatment and study plan

Back School

Behavioral

All the workers undergo a clinical examination for low back pain, by two trained practitioner. Those workers who are diagnosed for mechanical low back pain during the last six months fulfill a self report Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF36). The objective level of low back pain will obtain by a visual analogue scale. Then a back school training course will be held in 6 sessions, in 6 consecutive weeks. Two previously trained physiotherapists are responsible for the training course. Each series will have 10 participants. They will learn vertebral column anatomy and its function at the first session. The proper posture and exercises to reduce or inhibit low back pain are taught in the next 4 sessions. The 6th session is arranged for answering questions and checking how exercises are performed.

A visual analogue scale and quality of life assessment will be held at the end of the last session and the end of the sixth month.

Primary outcomes

1- Comparison of quality of life in patients with low back pain before and after Back school training. 2- Comparison of low back pain based on a visual analogue scale before and after back school training.

Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Efficacy of Back School on Low Back Pain and Quality of Life of Workers of a Pharmaceutics Company in Tehran Suburb. COPCORD Study (Stage II)

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Jan 16, 2008
Registry last updated: Aug 16, 2010

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