Cognitive-behavioural Treatment of Chronic Back Pain

Philipps University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: cognitive-behavioral treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00454064

RGT090774

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study:

• to compare two cognitive-behavioral treatments

Full description

128 patients suffering from chronic back pain were randomly assigned to either Wait List Control, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment or Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and Biofeedback.

Measures were conducted 6 months before treatment (Wait List Control) immediately before and after treatment and at 6-months follow-up.

25 weekly 1-hr sessions of individualized outpatient cognitive behavioral treatment of chronic back pain

Treatment elements:

Cognitive treatment: identification, evaluation and correction of dysfunctional beliefs about themselves and pain by cognitive restructuring, problem-solving training and coping skills training

Behavioural treatment: increasing activity levels (sports, social activities, work), reducing medication intake and unnecessary health care utilization Relaxation training: progressive muscle relaxation, biofeedback.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Back pain since 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with psychosis, borderline psychopathy, drug dependence i.e. alcohol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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128 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

cognitive-behavioral treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognitive-behavioral treatment

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

cognitive-behavioral treatment with biofeedback elements

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognitive-behavioral treatment