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NCT Number: NCT03301428

Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability

This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain

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Key information

Conditions

Beliefs Disability Physical

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Liege University Hospital

Liège, Belgium

About this study

This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools (an educational website vs a booklet) developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain.

Participants of the 2 experimental groups will be invited to use the tool they receive during a one-month period.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • individuals with non-specific persistent low back pain (pain > 6 months) who had their pain assessed by their general practitioner or a specialist within the last 3 months

Exclusion criteria

  • specific low back pain,
  • educational treatment (back school, cognitive-behavioral, pain neurosciences education) in progress or planned during the study period
  • previous consultation of the didactic tools investigated in the present study
  • nerve root compromise,
  • recent spinal surgery (<3 months)
  • not fluent in French
  • no regular access to a computer and the internet
  • present follow-up by a psychiatrist

Treatment and study plan

Retrain pain educational website

Other

Patients in this group will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain

Booklet

Other

Patients in this group will be invited toread an educational booklet developped for patients with chronic pain

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Beliefs Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up

    Questionnaires to test patients' beliefs

  2. Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up

    Disability questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

  1. Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up

    Questionnaire about patients' beliefs/representations

  2. Back-PAQ questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up

    Questionnaire about patients' beliefs

  3. Pain intensity

    Time frame: Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up

    Pain Numeric rating scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Liege

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Different Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 4, 2017
Registry last updated
Mar 25, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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