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| Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg | OTHER |
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The purpose of the project is to associate pre-treatment pain sensitivity level, levels of pain catastrophizing and levels of The Subgroups for Targeted Treatment (STarT) Back Screening Tool in patients with acute low back pain and patients' progression after 12 weeks of treatment by general practitioners.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Standard care initiated by the general practitioner | Other | Patients are treated based on their symptoms and the research group does not interfere with this. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, RMDQ | Change in the Roland-Morris Questionnaire (RMDQ) is one of the most widely used questionnaires for back pain. The RMDQ is a self-administered disability questionnaire consisting of 24 questions. The questions are related specifically to physical functions likely to be affected by low back pain. Each item is qualified with the phrase "because of my back pain" to distinguish back pain disability from disability due to other causes. When completing the RMDQ, the respondents are asked to tick a statement if it applies to them on that particular day. | 12 weeks follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The StarT Back Screening Tool | The The StarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a nine-item patient self-reporting questionnaire validated for triage of nonspecific low back pain patients in primary care. | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| The Pain Catastrophizing Scale |
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The subjects will be recruited through general practitioners in The North Denmark Region. When a patient with low back pain reports to his/her general practitioner, the doctor will present the project to the patient, and in case the patient shows interest, the doctor asks him/her to contact the contact person of the study. Thus, the recruitment does not take place through advertisements, but through the normal patient flow in the general practice.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Martin B Jensen, MD, PhD | Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Lægerne Sløjfen | Aalborg | Aalborg East | 9220 | Denmark |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017116 | Low Back Pain |
| ID | Term |
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| D001416 | Back Pain |
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) consists of 13 items focusing on thoughts and feelings in connection with pain. |
| Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| Predicting the Inception of Chronic Pain | The Predicting the Inception of Chronic Pain (PICKUP) questionnaire focuses on pain ("How much low back pain have you had during the past week?", 1 = none, 2 = very mild, 3 = mild, 4 = moderate, 5 = severe, 6 = very severe), radiating pain to the legs ("Do you have leg pain?" 0 = no, 1 = yes), compensability ("Is your back pain compensable, e.g. through worker's compensation or third party insurance?" 0 = no, 1 = yes), depression ("How much have you been bothered by feeling depressed in the past week (0-10 scale)?" 0 = not at all, 10 = extremely) and the subject's overall evaluation of the risk of chronic pain ("In your view, how large is the risk that your current pain may become persistent (0-10 scale)?" 0 = none, 10 = extreme). | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| Basic information | A general questionnaire has been created for this study to gain a basic understanding of the patient's current pain, demographic information and use of medication | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| Assessment of the Pain Area | Patients will be asked to draw the pain area of their low back pain on a body map. | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| Cuff Algometry | Cuff algometry will be applied to assess pressure pain thresholds, temporal summation of pain and conditioned pain modulation. | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| Handheld Algometry | Handheld algometry will be applied to assess pressure pain thresholds. | Baseline, 12 weeks follow-up |
| D013568 |
| Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |