Status:
COMPLETED
Research Study on Patient Education for People With Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Conditions:
Chronic Low-back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot single-arm study is to examine the potential of personalized patient education materials to improve self-efficacy and perceived functional disability in patients with chronic lo...
Detailed Description
This is a pilot single-arm study to examine the potential of personalized patient education materials to improve self-efficacy and perceived functional disability for patients with chronic low back pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At least 18 years old
- Existence of chronic low back pain, defined as back pain that has lasted longer than 12 weeks
- Has sought care for LBP within the past 12 months, confirmable through medical records
- Classified as having at least "moderate" LBP-related disability, defined as a raw score of 15 or higher (out of 50) on the Oswestry Disability Index (additional detail below in Outcomes) upon telephone screening
- Patients who receive care through UPMC: The study team will confirm in Epic that the participant has indeed had a health care encounter that included a diagnosis of low back pain in the previous 12 months
- Patients who receive care outside of UPMC: The potential participant can provide a physician letter, after visit summary, or other reasonable documentation to confirm that they have indeed sought health care for LBP within the previous 12 months
- (for 50% of participants) Area Deprivation Index (ADI) of 6 or higher, using the Pennsylvania-specific deciles. The investigators will use ADI as a marker of socioeconomic status. Although the sample size in this study will not be large enough to detect the ability of the intervention to reduce socioeconomic disparities in chronic LBP outcomes, the investigators do need to show that the investigators are able to recruit a sufficient population of individuals of lower socioeconomic status and individuals of higher socioeconomic status to demonstrate feasibility for a future larger study. State-level ADI is measured from 1 to 10, with lower scores indicating greater advantage, and higher scores indicating greater deprivation. It is measured at the level of a census block group. The investigators will identify a potential participant's ADI by inputting their address of residence into the Neighborhood Atlas mapping tool, which is freely available online at https://www.neighborhoodatlas.medicine.wisc.edu/mapping
Exclusion
- any prior spine surgery
- any orthopaedic surgery in the past 6 months
- does not have own smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop to access study questionnaires and education materials
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 5 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 28 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06492642
Start Date
September 5 2024
End Date
January 28 2025
Last Update
March 6 2025
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213