Treatment Preferences in Patients With Low Back Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Together with the guidance of health professionals try to obtain information from media, popular magazines and books and the internet regarding diseases and treatment methods in patients with low back pain with the development of technology. In parallel with this information which they obtained, they turn to different treatment methods. This study was carried on examining how pain duration affects treatment preferences in patients with low back pain.

Official Title
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Do Treatment Preferences Change According to the Duration of the Pain of the Patients With Low Back Pain?

Conditions
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Low Back Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Assesment of treatment preference


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Individuals between the ages of 18-65 with complaints of low back pain and no communication problems were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Individuals with any systemic, neurological and / or orthopedic disease diagnosed other than complaint of low back pain were excluded from the study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Acute-subacute group<br>According to the duration of low back pain, it is classified as acute pain if it lasts less than a month, subacute pain if it lasts for 1-3 months. | Other: Assesment of treatment preference<br>* Multiple-choice survey questions were created by the researchers based on the studies in the literature regarding the pain and treatment preferences of the participants<br>|
| Chronic group<br>According to the duration of low back pain, it is classified as chronic pain if it lasts for more than 3 months. | Other: Assesment of treatment preference<br>* Multiple-choice survey questions were created by the researchers based on the studies in the literature regarding the pain and treatment preferences of the participants<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evaluation of treatment preferences | Multiple-choice survey questions were created by the researchers based on the studies in the literature regarding the pain and treatment preferences of the participants. In this survey, the patients were asked to state which of the treatment methods applied for low back pain they knew and which of these methods they preferred. | 5 minutes | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Visual Analog Scale | Pain intensity | 1 minute | 
| Oswestry Disability Index | Disability caused by low back pain | 5 minutes | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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low back pain, acute pain, subacute pain, chronic pain, treatment preference