The Examination of Relationship Between Self-Efficacy in People With Chronic Low Back Pain

Suleyman Demirel University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Self Efficacy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05614674

72867572-050.01.04-379338

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-efficacy is defined as a person's confidence or belief that one can achieve a certain behavioral or cognitive state. Self-efficacy is one of the most important assesment parameters in the self-management model. It is accepted that patients with chronic low back pain with high self-efficacy have a better prognosis than those with low self-efficacy. Due to the complex nature of pain; The relationship between psychological and physical parameters such as pain catastrophy, disability level, depression, physical performance, self-efficacy, pain intensity and fear avoidance arouses curiosity. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to examine the relationship between the level of self-efficacy and sensory, perceptual and motor skills in people with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 162 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criterias For Healthy Group:

• Being minimum 30 maximum 65 years old
• To be literate
• Accepting to take part in the study

Inclusion Criterias For Partipicians with Low Back Pain Group:

• Being minimum 30 maximum 65 years old
• Minimum 3 score from Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
• Having low back pain for at least 3 months of time
• To be literate
• Accepting to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any kind of surgery in low back area
• Surgery story in lower extremities
• Acute low back pain
• Having a neurological disorder
• Having a rheumatological disease which may cause to low back pain
• Having a herniated disc that presses on the sacral nerves
• Being pregnant

Trial design

162 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy group

Description:

People who don't suffer from low back pain

People with low back pain

Description:

People who are suffering from low back pain. The pain level has to be at least 3 out of 10 according to Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to be in this group.