Back2Action: effectiveness of physiotherapy blended with eHealth consisting of pain education and behavioural activation versus physiotherapy alone-protocol for a pragmatic randomised clinical trial for people with subacute or persistent spinal pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Psychosocial factors predict recovery in patients with spinal pain. Several of these factors are modifiable, such as depression and anxiety. However, primary care physiotherapists who typically manage these patients indicate that they do not feel sufficiently competent and equipped to address these factors optimally. We developed an eHealth intervention with a focus on pain education and behavioural activation to support physiotherapists in managing psychosocial factors in patients with spinal pain. This paper describes the protocol for a pragmatic randomised clinical trial, which evaluates the effectiveness of this eHealth intervention blended with physiotherapy compared with physiotherapy alone.

Methods and analysis

Participants with non-specific low back pain

SUBMITTER: Bijker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8744098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature