Investigation of Conservative Treatment Preferences of Patients With Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06898502
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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)
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the preferences of individuals with chronic low back and neck pain regarding physiotherapy treatment methods and to examine the factors influencing these preferences. Additionally, the study aims to compare patient satisfaction, pain intensity, and disability levels between individuals who receive their preferred treatment and those who do not. Moreover, the relationships between patients' demographic characteristics, pain levels, pain beliefs, disability status, and depression severity with their preferred treatment methods will be investigated. Materials and Methods: The study will include 50 patients with chronic low back and 50 patients with neck pain. In this study, four videos introducing commonly used physiotherapy and rehabilitation methods for the treatment of low back and neck pain (electrotherapy applications -TENS, ultrasound, hot pack-, manual therapy, kinesiotaping-dry needling, education, and exercise) will be prepared and shown to the participants. Pain intensity will be assessed using the "Numeric Pain Scale," pain beliefs with the "Pain Beliefs Scale," depression severity with the "Patient Health Questionnaire," and disability level with the "Oswestry Disability Index" for low back pain and the "Neck Disability Index" for neck pain. Participants will rank the treatment methods they watched and explain their reasons for preference. Each participant will receive electrotherapy treatment three times a week for four weeks. Each treatment session will consist of 20 minutes of TENS, 20 minutes of hot pack, and 6 minutes of ultrasound therapy. Twelve weeks after the treatment, participants will be contacted by phone and asked about their improvement using the "Global Rating of Change Scale (GRC)." Pain intensity and disability level will be reassessed through phone interviews using the "Numeric Pain Scale," the "Oswestry Disability Index" for low back pain, and the "Neck Disability Index" for neck pain at t…
Study details
- Official title
- Investigation of Conservative Treatment Preferences of Patients With Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain
- Interventions
- Device: Electrotherapy ( TENS, hot pack, and therapeutic ultrasound )
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
- Start date
- 2024-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-05-29
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who presented to the Physical Therapy Clinic of Istanbul Training and Research Hospital within the last 3 months with self-reported low back or neck pain intensity of at least 3 out of 10 on the NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale), * Patients aged 18 years or older, * Patients who volunteered to participate in the study, * Patients who have the ability to understand the assessment scales, * Patients who do not have any contraindications to being included in the treatment program, These patients were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Having undergone a physiotherapy program for low back or neck pain within the last 3 months, * Having pain persisting for less than 3 months, * Presence of radiculopathy or nerve root compression findings, inflammatory disease, serious metabolic, endocrine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, progressive/non-progressive central or peripheral neurological disease, or a history of malignancy, * Pregnant or breastfeeding individuals, and those with serious musculoskeletal disorders other than low back or neck pain, * Patients whose self-reported low back or neck pain intensity in the last 3 months was less than 3 out of 10 on the NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale) were excluded from the study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06898502