Treatment for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care: a Trial on Different Health Education Booklets

Treatment for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care With Standardized Health Education Booklets: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness on the disability of low back pain patients of The Back Book, The Back Guide, and a control intervention (generic recommendations on general health). Patients are divided into 3 groups:those who receive The Back Book (classic education), those who receive The Back Guide (cognitive behavioral education) and the control group). They are patients who consult a physician at the primary care consults of 14 different Health Centers in Spain. The sample size is 240 subjects.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Low back pain patients,
• with or without referred or radiated pain;
• without red flags for systemic disease or criteria for surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to read the handout or to fill out the questionnaires;
• habitually in a prostrate position;
• diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatologic disease, cancer or fibromyalgia; suspicion of fibromyalgia.