Predictors For the Prognosis of CMLBP Among Healthcare Professions

NCT06810128 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Predictors For CMLBP Prognosis
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Identifying clinical predictors that anticipate the prognosis of pain intensity and level of disability of mechanical low back pain among healthcare professions.It will be hypothesized that:There will be no statistical significance correlation between the prognosis of chronic mechanical low back considering pain intensity, function disability and the independant variables.

Conditions

Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain

Keywords

CMLBP among healthcare professions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Anticipating prognosis of pain intensity and level of disability of mechanical low back pain among health care professions by identifying clinical predictors .

  The predictors 1-Age2-Gender 3-BMI 4-Life style5-Duration of pain 6-Intensity of pain 7-Occupation 8-Years of experience 9-Duty/Load hours 10-ODI 11-Work related frequent position12-Fear avoidance behavior Methods: 1-pain intensity will be assessed by Arabic Version(VAS).2-functional disability will be assessed by the Arabic version of (ODI ) 3-psychological status by Arabic version of Tampa scale.4-Assessment of physical activity by six-point grade.5-weight and height scale to measure weight in(kg),Height in(m). 6-BMI:weight in(kg),height in (m) will combined to measure BMI in (kg/m²)Demographic data (age, gender, occupation) will be taken .Participants will be asked about :-Duration of pain .-Years of work experience: at least 5 years, 5-10 years, 10-15 years and more than 15 years.-Duty /Load hours -Work related frequent positions (sitting, standing, squatting, slopping,, and rotation, side bending,kneeling

  1 year

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 49 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

1. One hundred and thirty male and female participants aged between 30 and 49 years. 2. Health care professions (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Dentists, Doctors, surgeons, technicians), have years of experience (at least 5 years up to more than 15 years). 3. Participants have CMLBP for at least 3 months. 4. Chronic mechanical Low back pain (CMLBP) will be assessed by Arabic Version visual analogue scale (VAS). 5. Functional performance will be assessed by Arabic Version Oswestery questionnaire (ODI). 6. Fear avoidance behavior will be assessed by Arabic Version Tampa scale (TSK).

You may qualify if:

• One hundred and thirty male and female from health care professions (Nurses, Physiotherapist, Dentists, Surgeons, Doctors, and Technicians).
• Diagnosed with (CMLBP) (lasting for more than 3 months).
• Age: between 30 and 49 years .
• Subjects are at least 3/10 pain intensity on VAS.

You may not qualify if:

• If investigated individuals with specific LBP (eg, infections, fracture, traumatic injuries, cancer, major systemic diseases, or congenital diseases).(Wong et al., 2022).
• Radiculopathy/cauda equina syndrome Segmental pain
• paresthesia in area of pain
• loss of strength (grade 3 or less)
• sudden loss of bladder/ bowel function
• perianal/perineal hypaesthesia
• death of nerve root.(Steinmetz, 2022).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Alaa shaker Mohamed Mohamed: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ethical research review of faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Alaa Shaker Mohamed

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2024
• First Posted: February 5, 2025
• Study Start: October 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2025
• Study Completion: May 1, 2025
• Last Updated: May 13, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

EG (1)