Low Back Pain Patient Education Evaluation
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Low Back Pain
In brief
Back pain is one of the most common of all symptoms. It is also a great cause of days lost from work and visits to health care providers. This study will develop and evaluate an approach to low back pain that allows subjects to talk with each other and with health professionals via an Internet discussion group. Results we will look at include health behaviors, such as exercise; health status, such as pain and disability; and health care use, such as number of visits to doctors and other health care providers. Anyone 18 years old or older who lives in the United States and has ongoing Internet access can take part in the study. All subjects must have back pain and meet the eligibility criteria listed below.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00000408
- Run by
- Stanford University
- People needed
- 580
- Starts
- 1998-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2002-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-05-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must live in the United States
- Must understand and write English
- Must have access to a computer with e-mail and expect to have this access for at least 3 years
- Must be 18 years old
- Must have seen a doctor for back pain at least once in the past year
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy
- Back surgery in the past 6 months
- Expectation of having back surgery in the next 6 months
- Back pain due to a car accident or other major injury within the last 6 months
- Back pain or sciatica due to systemic disease (inflammatory rheumatic diseases, tumor, or other)
- Major physical or mental health condition for which one is currently being treated that severely limits daily activities
- Terminal illness
- Receiving disability or workers compensation insurance payments for back pain or sciatica
- Presently involved in legal proceedings because of back pain or sciatica
- Difficulty with bladder or bowel control that began with back pain or sciatica
- No visits to a doctor in the past year for back pain or sciatica
- Numbness in crotch area that began with back pain or sciatica
- Age under 18
Where it is running
- Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.