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CompletedNCT00502333Updated Mar 13, 2014

The Influence of Coping Strategies and Catastrophizing on Patients With Back and Neck Pain

An observational study in Back Pain and Neck Pain, sponsored by Kovacs Foundation. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-03-13.

Sponsored by Kovacs Foundation · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1,400
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of coping strategies and catastrophizing thoughts on disability and the prognosis of back and neck pain in patients treated within the Spanish National Health Service. Patients will be given a visual analog scale (VAS) to rate intensity of pain, the Roland Morris Questionnaire (RMQ) or the Neck Disability Index (NDI) to rate the degree of disability, and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) to rate coping strategies and catastrophizing. Questionnaires will be given at baseline and three months later.

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Conditions studied

  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain

Keywords

  • back pain
  • neck pain
  • prognosis
  • catastrophizing
  • coping strategies
  • disability
  • Prognosis for back and neck pain
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In context

Back Pain

2,389 studies on the registry are indexed under Back Pain; 282 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,400 is above the median of 101 across 362 observational studies indexed under Back Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Kovacs Foundation is the lead sponsor of 22 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients treated within the Spanish National Health Service for subacute or chronic neck or back pain

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects treated for back or neck pain in the Spanish National Health Service.
  • Able to read and write Spanish.
  • Have signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis or "red flags" for systemic diseases (e.g., cancer, infection).
  • Pain due to fracture or direct trauma to the neck or back.
  • Criteria for referral to surgery (e.g., neurogenic claudication due to spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, serious nerve root compression for more than 6 weeks due to disc herniation).
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1,400 participants (actual)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disability

    Time frame: Baseline and 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain

    Time frame: Baseline and 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Kovacs Foundation
    Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 07012, Spain
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Nov 2006, a primary completion of Jan 2012 and a completion of Apr 2012. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Jul 16, 2007
First posted
Jul 17, 2007
Start
Nov 2006
Primary completionActual
Jan 2012
CompletionActual
Apr 2012
Last update
Mar 13, 2014
What these dates mean
Start.
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Primary completion.
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Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 13, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00502333
Lead sponsor
Kovacs Foundation
Responsible party
Francisco M. Kovacs (Director of Scientific Department, Kovacs Foundation, Kovacs Foundation) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 17, 2007
Start date
Nov 2006
Primary completion
Jan 2012
Completion
Apr 2012
Last update
Mar 13, 2014

Study contacts

Francisco M Kovacs, MD, PhD
study director · Kovacs Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, 07012, Spain
Mario Gestoso, MD
principal investigator · Kovacs Foundation,Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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