Low Back Pain Patient Education Evaluation
CompletedNot applicableNCT00000408
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Back pain is one of the most common of all symptoms. It is also a great cause of days lost from work and visits to health care providers. This study will develop and evaluate an approach to low back pain that allows subjects to talk with each other and with health professionals via an Internet discussion group. Results we will look at include health behaviors, such as exercise; health status, such as pain and disability; and health care use, such as number of visits to doctors and other health care providers. Anyone 18 years old or older who lives in the United States and has ongoing Internet access can take part in the study. All subjects must have back pain and meet the eligibility criteria listed below.
Study details
- Official title
- Evaluation of a Low Back Pain Patient Education Program
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Patient education evaluation
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- Start date
- 1998-02
- Primary completion
- 2002-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Must live in the United States * Must understand and write English * Must have access to a computer with e-mail and expect to have this access for at least 3 years * Must be 18 years old * Must have seen a doctor for back pain at least once in the past year Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Back surgery in the past 6 months * Expectation of having back surgery in the next 6 months * Back pain due to a car accident or other major injury within the last 6 months * Back pain or sciatica due to systemic disease (inflammatory rheumatic diseases, tumor, or other) * Major physical or mental health condition for which one is currently being treated that severely limits daily activities * Terminal illness * Receiving disability or workers compensation insurance payments for back pain or sciatica * Presently involved in legal proceedings because of back pain or sciatica * Difficulty with bladder or bowel control that began with back pain or sciatica * No visits to a doctor in the past year for back pain or sciatica * Numbness in crotch area that began with back pain or sciatica * Age under 18
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00000408