Subacute and Chronic, Non-specific Back and Neck Pain: Cognitive-behavioral Rehabilitation vs. Traditional Primary Care
CompletedNot applicableNCT00488735
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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)
BACKGROUND Non-specific back and neck pain (BNP) dominates sick-listing. A program of cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation for subacute and chronic BNP was compared, with 18-month follow-up, with traditional primary care concerning sick-listing and health-care visits. METHODS After stratification to age (44 (years) and younger/45 and older) and subacute/chronic BNP (= full-time sick-listed 43-84/85-730 days respectively), 125 primary-care patients were randomized to a rehabilitation center or continued health-center care. Outcome measures were Return-to-work (=the proportion who regained work ability for at least 30 consecutive days), the proportion with Work ability at different time points, Total sick-listing (expressed in whole days) and the total number of Visits (to physicians, physiotherapists etc.) 1-18 months and corresponding six-month periods. For the analyses were used t-test, z-test, generalized estimating equations and a mixed, linear model.
Study details
- Official title
- Subacute and Chronic, Non-specific Back and Neck Pain: Cognitive-behavioral Rehabilitation Compared With Traditional Primary Care Concerning Sick-listing and Health-care Visits. A Randomized Controlled Trial, 18-month Follow-up
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation
- Behavioral: Traditional primary care
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Start date
- 2000-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 59 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Sweden
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Working age up to and including 59 years. 2. Sick-listed full-time for BNP for at least 42 days and at most 730 days. 3. Able to manage tolerably well to fill in forms. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Temporary disability pension or disability pension being paid or in preparation. 2. A primary need of action by a hospital specialist. 3. Pregnancy and diseases which would probably make rehabilitation impracticable (for example, advanced pulmonary disease). 4. Whiplash-associated disorders as a primary obstacle to working. 5. Previous rehabilitation at the rehabilitation centre. 6. Other multidisciplinary rehabilitation going on or planned.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00488735