Active Management for Low Back Pain for 6 to 8 Year Old Schoolchildren

Kovacs Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Education (Back Comic-Book)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00809640

FK 27

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to assess the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. Subjects will be taken from a random sample of schools in Majorca, Spain: private, public and concerted. A 10 item questionnaire will be given to all children in that age group, to be answered in class on days 1, 14 and 97. Schools will be randomly assigned to the study and control groups. In the study group the students will get a Back Comic-Book (promotes active management) after the first assessment. The control group will have no other intervention than the questionnaire.

Enrollment: 700 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students in randomly selected private, public and concerted Majorca schools
• Must be present in class on day of intervention and assessments

Exclusion criteria

• Absent from class on day of intervention and assessments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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700 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

The intervention group will receive prevention of low back pain education through a Back Comic-Book, and their beliefs/knowledge will be tested twice after intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education (Back Comic-Book)

2

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive no intervention, and their beliefs/knowledge on low back pain will be tested twice after the first assessment.