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Status unknownNCT00600197Updated Nov 18, 2009

Biopsychosocial Education and Chronic Low Back Pain

An interventional study of back school in Chronic Low Back Pain, sponsored by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Status unknown at 1 site in Iran, Islamic Republic of. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-11-18.

Sponsored by Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2009), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
170
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the biopsychosocial educational program could improve patients' health-related quality of life at 3-6-12-18-24-30 and 36 - month follow up.

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Little information exists on biopsychosocial educational program as a multidimensional and interdisciplinary program in which Quality Of Life is as an outcome measure. Thus this educational Program designed in this study is a an outpatient program that used a health education approach to empower participants through a process of assessment, education and skill building in three dimensions of physical,mental and social that leading to improved quality of life. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent this educational Program could improve low back pain patients' HRQOL.

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Low Back Pain
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In context

Back Pain

2,373 studies on the registry are indexed under Back Pain; 284 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 170 is above the median of 60 across 1,941 interventional studies indexed under Back Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Tehran University of Medical Sciences is the lead sponsor of 227 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Low Back Pain lasting more than 12 weeks with or without pain radiating to the legs.
  • age 18-70 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Osteoporosis
  • Newly operation on the back up to 2 years before the beginning of the study
  • Fresh vertebral fracture
  • Malignancy
  • Infection in the back
  • spondylolisthesis
  • Problem in understanding Farsi Language
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
170 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Back school

    a kind of educational program for low back pain

    Behavioral: back school

  • Experimental
    back school

    Behavioral: back school

Interventions

  • Behavioralback school

    A kind of educational program for low back pain

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. SF-36, Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, Quebec back pain disability

    Time frame: before intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. SF-36,Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, Quebec back pain disability

    Time frame: 3-6-12-18-24-30-36 month after intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences
    Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
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References and documents

Publications

  • Tavafian SS, Jamshidi AR, Mohammad K. Treatment of low back pain: randomized clinical trial comparing a multidisciplinary group-based rehabilitation program with oral drug treatment up to 12 months. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Feb;17(2):159-64. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12116. Epub 2013 Jun 21. PubMed 24576271 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 18, 2009, 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
NCT00600197
Lead sponsor
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
First posted
Jan 24, 2008
Start date
Jul 2008
Primary completion
Apr 2010 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2012 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 18, 2009

Study contacts

Ahmad Re Jamshidi, MD
study chair · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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