Why do People With Low Back Pain Fear and Avoid Lifting?

NCT05192187 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: ThomasMatheve-2021-3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 325
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators' main focus of this trial will be to investigate

• why people with low back pain perceive lifting (with a bent back) as harmful.
• whether general measures of pain-related fear are associated with task-specific measures of perceived harmfulness
• why people with low back pain avoid lifting (with a bent back) This will be investigated using self-report (i.e., questionnaires)

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• cognitions about perceived harmfulness and avoidance of lifting

  cognitions about perceived harmfulness and avoidance of lifting using self-developed questionnaires. Questions will be scored on a 1-5 Likert scale (1= completely disagree, 5= completely agree)

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Pain-related fear

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• perceived harmfulness of specific tasks

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• Disability

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• Task-specific self-efficacy

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• Task-specific disability

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

Other Outcomes (3)

• Age

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• Sex

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

• Physical job requirements

  Day 1 (cross-sectional study)

Study Arms (1)

LBP

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will be asked to complete self-reported questionnaires on a single occasion (cross-sectional)

Other: Cross-sectional self-report (questionnaires)

Interventions

Cross-sectional self-report (questionnaires) OTHER

participants in this group will be ask to complete questionnaires on one occasion (i.e., cross-sectional investigation). The questionnaires will consist of a self-developed questionnaire and standard questionnaires. The main aspects of the self-developed questionnaires are * perceived harmfulness of activities (selection of PHODA-SeV) * cognitions about lifting and pain * reasons for avoidance behaviour (lifting) Standardised questionnaires include * NRS for pain * TSK-11 * FABQ * RMDQ

LBP

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• low back pain \>3 months

You may not qualify if:

• healthy persons
• low back pain \<3 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hasselt University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hasselt University

Hasselt, 3500, Belgium

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Thomas Matheve, PhD

  Hasselt University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Thomas Matheve, PhD

CONTACT

32(0)11 28 69 39; Thomas.Matheve@uhasselt.be

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Postdoctoral researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 22, 2021
• First Posted: January 14, 2022
• Study Start: February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: February 2, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)