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The effect of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: Long-term follow up of a randomised controlled trial.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the long-term effectiveness of an integrated rehabilitation programme with an existing rehabilitation programme, in terms of back-specific disability, in patients with chronic low back pain.

Design

A single-centre, pragmatic, two-arm parallel, randomised controlled trial.

Setting

A rheumatology rehabilitation centre in Denmark.

Subjects

A total of 165 adults (aged ? 18?years) with chronic low back pain.

Interventions

An integrated programme (a pre-admission day, two weeks at home, two weeks inpatient followed by home-based activities, plus two 2-day inpatient booster sessions, and six-month follow-up visit) was compared with an existing programme (four-week inpatient, and six-month follow-up visit).

Main measure

The primary outcome was disability measured using the Oswestry Disability Index after one year. Secondary outcomes included pain intensity (Numerical Rating Scale), pain self-efficacy (Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire), health-related quality of life (EuroQol-5 Domain 5-level (EQ-5D)), and depression (Major Depression Inventory). Analysis was by intention-to-treat, using linear mixed models.

Results

303 patients were assessed for eligibility of whom 165 patients (mean age 50?years (SD 13) with a mean Oswestry Disability Index score of 42 (SD 11)) were randomly allocated (1:1 ratio) to the integrated programme (n?=?82) or the existing programme (n?=?83). The mean difference (integrated programme minus existing programme) in disability was -0.53 (95% CI -4.08 to 3.02); p?=?0.770). No statistically significant differences were found in the secondary outcomes.

Conclusion

The integrated programme was not more effective in reducing long-term disability in patients with chronic low back pain than the existing programme.

SUBMITTER: Schmidt AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7874370 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effect of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: Long-term follow up of a randomised controlled trial.

Schmidt Anne Mette AM   Laurberg Trine Bay TB   Moll Line Thorndal LT   Schiøttz-Christensen Berit B   Maribo Thomas T  

Clinical rehabilitation 20201011 2


<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the long-term effectiveness of an integrated rehabilitation programme with an existing rehabilitation programme, in terms of back-specific disability, in patients with chronic low back pain.<h4>Design</h4>A single-centre, pragmatic, two-arm parallel, randomised controlled trial.<h4>Setting</h4>A rheumatology rehabilitation centre in Denmark.<h4>Subjects</h4>A total of 165 adults (aged ⩾ 18 years) with chronic low back pain.<h4>Interventions</h4>An integrated programm  ...[more]

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