The Feasibility, Potential Efficacy, and Experiences of Using a Group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Among Older People With Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05919446
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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)
No study has investigated the effects of ACT on community-dwelling Chinese older adults. Given that clinical practice guidelines have recommended exercise therapy for treating people with CLBP, a combination of ACT and exercise therapy may yield better clinical outcomes than exercise alone among community-dwelling older adults with CLBP. A double-blinded (participants and statistician) pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to evaluate the feasibility and the relative effects of ACT plus back exercise training as compared to exercise alone in improving psychological flexibility, physical wellbeing, and quality of life of community-dwelling older people with CLBP. Further, a qualitative research study will be conducted to understand the experiences of participating in ACT and back exercise training in older people with CLBP (including identifying facilitators and barriers to participation).
Study details
- Official title
- The Feasibility, Potential Efficacy, and Experiences of Using a Group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Among Older People With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
- Behavioral: back exercise
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Start date
- 2023-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-07-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. have non-specific LBP in or near the lumbosacral spine with or without leg pain that lasts for at least 3-months in the last 12 months 2. have sought some medical or healthcare professional treatments for CLBP 3. able to read and write at an adequate level of proficiency in Chinese 4. Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) scores 23 or above Exclusion Criteria: 1. people with malignant pain or lumbar spinal stenosis 2. confirmed dementia 3. severe cognitive impairment 4. serious psychiatric or psychological disorders 5. Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) scores below 23
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05919446