Low Back Pain Patient Education Evaluation

Launched by STANFORD UNIVERSITY · Nov 3, 1999

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ClinConnect Summary

This study will develop and evaluate in a randomized trial a low back pain intervention that allows subjects to talk with each other and with health professionals via an Internet discussion group. The intervention consists of a book and a videotape and is based on interaction with other participants in the program and health professionals through a closed password protected moderated Internet discussion group. Outcome measures include health behaviors, such as exercise; health status, such as pain and disability; and health care use, such as number of visits to doctors and other health care...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Must live in the United States
• • Must understand and write English
• • Must have access to a computer with e-mail and expect to have this access for at least 3 years
• • Must be 18 years old
• • Must have seen a doctor for back pain at least once in the past year
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnancy
• • Back surgery in the past 6 months
• • Expectation of having back surgery in the next 6 months
• • Back pain due to a car accident or other major injury within the last 6 months
• • Back pain or sciatica due to systemic disease (inflammatory rheumatic diseases, tumor, or other)
• • Major physical or mental health condition for which one is currently being treated that severely limits daily activities
• • Terminal illness
• • Receiving disability or workers compensation insurance payments for back pain or sciatica
• • Presently involved in legal proceedings because of back pain or sciatica
• • Difficulty with bladder or bowel control that began with back pain or sciatica
• • No visits to a doctor in the past year for back pain or sciatica
• • Numbness in crotch area that began with back pain or sciatica
• • Age under 18