Clinical trial NCT04575714: Clinical Pathways and Patients' Attitudes in Acute Low Back Pain
Official title: Clinical Pathways and Patients' Attitudes in Acute Low Back Pain
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Acute Low Back Pain
Keywords: Acute low back pain
low back pain
clinical pathway
Lead sponsor: CHU de Reims
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-10-05
Enrollment: 250
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients between 18 and 65 years old living in France to have ever had an acute low back pain

Brief summary: In France the prevalence of low back pain is 70 to 80 %. It's the leading cause of health expenditure in Europe and costs 900 million euros per year to health insurance in France. This is the second reason to consult a general practitioner. Acute low back pain is defined as low back pain lasts less than 6 weeks. It represents 60 to 70 % of low back pain but only 20% of the costs induced by low back pain in general. In fact, acute low back pain often heals spontaneously.

Risk factors for acute low back pain and risk factors for chronic low back pain have been the subject of many publications. They remain very difficult to prevent in practice because of their multiplicity. Preventing acute low back pain is part of the prevention of chronic low back pain. Patient care management of low back pain is well codified and consensual in the various international recommendations. However, their application is sometimes very disparate and bad habits on both patients and professionals persist. Advices recommended in the case of low back pain are widely disseminated but their applications are little studied. In 2017, in France, health insurance started a "back pain" prevention campaign with the objective of raising awareness of good attitudes in the event of back pain. It made an initial assessment of the different knowledges concerning spinal pain in the general population but also in the medical population with the aim of improving them. It appears that number of patients would not consult physician in this case. The many proposals of care and the diversity of medical professionals, paramedics and other stakeholders, proposing to cure low back pain form as many different clinical pathways. Use of alternative or unconventional medicines is poorly assessed. In this context, it seems relevant to evaluate patient clinical pathways and patients' attitudes.

Detailed description: The aim of the study is to explore patient clinical pathways and patients' attitudes in acute low back pain

Eligibility criteria: inclusion criteria :

* men and women
* aged between 18 and 65 years old
* living in France
* to have ever had an acute low back pain
* accepting to participate in the study

exclusion criteria :

- over 65 or under 18 years old

Primary outcomes:
measure: clinical pathways
timeFrame: Day 0
Secondary outcomes:
measure: patients' attitude
timeFrame: Day 0
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Reims
country: France
facility: Damien JOLLY
Study officials:
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