Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Chronic Back Pain

Linköping University (LiU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain Lower Back Chronic

Treatments: Behavioral: Guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01329861

smarta2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate whether an Internet-based cognitive behavioural intervention would have an effect on the symptoms of chronic back pain.

Full description

All participants were screened in a live, structured interview before inclusion. It´s a experimental design with a treatment and a control group measured before and after a treatment period.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18-65 years
• access to the Internet
• having been in contact with a physician
• back pain of chronic nature
• in current employment or on short-term sick leave(not longer than 6 months)

Exclusion criteria

• wheelchair user
• surgical treatment planned
• history of cardiovascular treatment
• severe depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Internet delivered CBT

Experimental group

Description:

Internet delivered cognitive behavioral intervention, 8 weeks treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural treatment

Control condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Wait-list condition, received treatment after post-treatment assessment.