What Are the Brakes and Levers of Physical Activity Practice for Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain?

Sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02466360

Collaborator

Université Montpellier (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

1.1

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Non-specific chronic lower back pain is a common pathology which is a real public health problem. Around 84% of the population could have non-specific chronic lower back pain at least once in their lives and 8% of that non-specific lower back pain could become chronical (pain that would last at least 3 months). This proportion of patients represents 85% of the costs related to this pathology.

Physical activity practice is involved in medical care for plenty of chronical diseases and particularly for chronic lower back pain. In 2003, World Health Organization pointed out the poor adhesion of patients with chronical diseases to medical prescriptions and the after-effects it could have on illness evolution. Therefore, adhesion to physical activity practice for patients with chronic lower back pain is one of the most challenging matters for medical teams.

The aim of this study was to identify the brakes and levers of physical activity practice for these patients. Sixteen individual interviews and four focus groups have been carried out on patients with chronic lower back pain who were taken care of either by a rachis functional restoration program or by primary care.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Non-specific Chronic Lower Back Pain	Behavioral: Back Belief questionnaire Behavioral: QUEBEC scale Behavioral: Fear Avoidance beliefs questionnaire Behavioral: Visual analog scale Behavioral: individual interviews Behavioral: Focus groups

Detailed Description

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

29 participants

Time Perspective:

Cross-Sectional

Official Title:

What Are the Brakes and Levers of Physical Activity Practice for Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain : a Qualitative Study

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2012

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 1, 2014

Actual Study Completion Date :

Apr 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
chronic lower back pain	Behavioral: Back Belief questionnaire Behavioral: QUEBEC scale Behavioral: Fear Avoidance beliefs questionnaire Behavioral: Visual analog scale Behavioral: individual interviews Behavioral: Focus groups

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

chronic lower back pain

Behavioral: Back Belief questionnaire

Behavioral: QUEBEC scale

Behavioral: Fear Avoidance beliefs questionnaire

Behavioral: Visual analog scale

Behavioral: individual interviews

Behavioral: Focus groups

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Individual interviews [at day 1]
patients with non-specific chronic lower back pain explain directly to their doctors what is preventing them from having physical activity

Secondary Outcome Measures

questions about their lower back pain and physical activity [at day 1]
Back Belief questionnaire [at day 1]
- Back Belief questionnaire that evaluates patients' knowledge about lower back pain
QUEBEC scale [at day 1]
- QUEBEC scale that evaluates the impact of lower back pain on the daily lives of patients
Fear Avoidance Beliefs questionnaire [at day 1]
- Fear Avoidance Beliefs questionnaire that evaluates fears and beliefs about the disease
Visual Analog Scale [at day 1]
Visual Analog Scale that evaluates pain

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Male or female who are at least 18 years old
Patients with non-specific chronic lower back pain

Exclusion Criteria:

Mental or physical disabilities incompatible with focus groups/individual interviews and filling out questionnaires.
Inability to understand or speak French properly
Symptomatic lower back pain