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

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Beliefs; Disability Physical

Treatments: Other: Booklet; Other: Retrain pain educational website

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03301428

CLBP EDUC

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 3 patient groups

Retrain pain educational website

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain

Treatment:

Other: Retrain pain educational website

Booklet

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be invited to read an educational booklet for patients with chronic pain

Treatment:

Other: Booklet

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive the 2 educational tools at the end of the study