Prospective, Randomized Study of the Impact of a Education Program for Patients Suffering From Low Back Pain (TENS)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Education program; Other: Usual practice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02564185

2009-A01193-54 (Other Identifier)

2009/51

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to the WHO, therapeutic education is intended to help patients acquire or maintain the skills they need to optimally manage living with a chronic disease. Low back pain is frequent and therapeutic education could be a promising option.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of a therapeutic education program for patients suffering from low back pain.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Low back pain
• Treatment with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Exclusion criteria

• Contra-indication of TENS
• Patients with mental disorders
• Lack of autonomy or patients living alone at home without help
• Concomitant inclusion in another research on the treatment of pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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98 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The "control" group will follow usual practice.

Treatment:

Other: Usual practice

Education program

Experimental group

Description:

The "Education program" group benefit in addition of a therapeutic education program including nursing follow-up at 1, 3 and 6 months.

Treatment:

Other: Usual practice

Other: Education program