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NCT Number: NCT02466360

What Are the Brakes and Levers of Physical Activity Practice for Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain?

Non-specific chronic lower back pain is a common pathology which is a real public health problem. Around 84% of the population could have non-specific chronic lower back pain at least once in their lives and 8% of that non-specific lower back pain could become chronical (pain that would last at least 3 months). This proportion of patients represents 85% of the costs related to this pathology.

Physical activity practice is involved in medical care for plenty of chronical diseases and particularly for chronic lower back pain. In 2003, World Health Organization pointed out the poor adhesion of patients with chronical diseases to medical prescriptions and the after-effects it could have on illness evolution. Therefore, adhesion to physical activity practice for patients with chronic lower back pain is one of the most challenging matters for medical teams.

The aim of this study was to identify the brakes and levers of physical activity practice for these patients. Sixteen individual interviews and four focus groups have been carried out on patients with chronic lower back pain who were taken care of either by a rachis functional restoration program or by primary care.

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Key information

Conditions

Non-specific Chronic Lower Back Pain Behavior Cicatrix Fibrosis Motor Activity Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Tissue Adhesions

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France

About this study

Non-specific chronic lower back pain is a common pathology which is a real public health problem. Around 84% of the population could have non-specific chronic lower back pain at least once in their lives and 8% of that non-specific lower back pain could become chronical (pain that would last at least 3 months). This proportion of patients represents 85% of the costs related to this pathology.

Physical activity practice is involved in medical care for plenty of chronical diseases and particularly for chronic lower back pain. In 2003, World Health Organization pointed out the poor adhesion of patients with chronical diseases to medical prescriptions and the after-effects it could have on illness evolution. Therefore, adhesion to physical activity practice for patients with chronic lower back pain is one of the most challenging matters for medical teams.

The aim of this study was to identify the brakes and levers of physical activity practice for these patients. Sixteen individual interviews and four focus groups have been carried out on patients with chronic lower back pain who were taken care of either by a rachis functional restoration program or by primary care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female who are at least 18 years old
  • Patients with non-specific chronic lower back pain

Exclusion criteria

  • Mental or physical disabilities incompatible with focus groups/individual interviews and filling out questionnaires.
  • Inability to understand or speak French properly
  • Symptomatic lower back pain

Treatment and study plan

Back Belief questionnaire

Behavioral

QUEBEC scale

Behavioral

Fear Avoidance beliefs questionnaire

Behavioral

Visual analog scale

Behavioral

individual interviews

Behavioral

Focus Groups

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Individual interviews

    Time frame: at day 1

    patients with non-specific chronic lower back pain explain directly to their doctors what is preventing them from having physical activity

Secondary outcomes

  1. questions about their lower back pain and physical activity

    Time frame: at day 1

  2. Back Belief questionnaire

    Time frame: at day 1

    • Back Belief questionnaire that evaluates patients' knowledge about lower back pain

  3. QUEBEC scale

    Time frame: at day 1

    • QUEBEC scale that evaluates the impact of lower back pain on the daily lives of patients

  4. Fear Avoidance Beliefs questionnaire

    Time frame: at day 1

    • Fear Avoidance Beliefs questionnaire that evaluates fears and beliefs about the disease

  5. Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: at day 1

    Visual Analog Scale that evaluates pain

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Other

Collaborators

  • Université Montpellier

Registry information

Official study title

What Are the Brakes and Levers of Physical Activity Practice for Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain : a Qualitative Study

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jun 9, 2015
Registry last updated
Jun 9, 2015

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