Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain

Detailed Description
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This trial aims at comparing the effectiveness of different didactic tools (an educational website vs a booklet) developed for patients with chronic pain to correct misbeliefs and improve disability in patients with chronic low back pain. Participants of the 2 experimental groups will be invited to use the tool they receive during a one-month period.

Official Title
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Effectiveness of Different Educational Tools to Improve Beliefs About Pain and Reduce Pain-related Disability in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Beliefs, Disability Physical

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Retrain pain educational website
* Other: Booklet


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: individuals with non-specific persistent low back pain (pain > 6 months) who had their pain assessed by their general practitioner or a specialist within the last 3 months Exclusion Criteria: specific low back pain, educational treatment (back school, cognitive-behavioral, pain neurosciences education) in progress or planned during the study period previous consultation of the didactic tools investigated in the present study nerve root compromise, recent spinal surgery (<3 months) not fluent in French no regular access to a computer and the internet present follow-up by a psychiatrist

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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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Retrain pain educational website<br>Participants will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain | Other: Retrain pain educational website<br>* Patients in this group will be invited to consult an educational website developped for patients with chronic pain<br>|
| Experimental: Booklet<br>Participants will be invited to read an educational booklet for patients with chronic pain | Other: Booklet<br>* Patients in this group will be invited toread an educational booklet developped for patients with chronic pain<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br>Participants in this group will receive the 2 educational tools at the end of the study | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pain Beliefs Questionnaire | Questionnaires to test patients' beliefs | Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up | 
| Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire | Disability questionnaire | Change from baseline to the three-month follow-up | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire | Questionnaire about patients' beliefs/representations | Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up | 
| Back-PAQ questionnaire | Questionnaire about patients' beliefs | Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up | 
| Pain intensity | Pain Numeric rating scale | Baseline, one month after receiving the tool, one-month follow-up and three-month follow-up |