Do age, gender, and education modify the effectiveness of app-delivered and tailored self-management support among adults with low back pain?-Secondary analysis of the selfBACK randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: selfBACK is an artificial intelligence based self-management app for low back pain (LBP) recently reported to reduce LBP-related disability. The aim of this study was to examine if age, gender, or education modify the effectiveness of the selfBACK intervention using secondary analysis of the selfBACK randomized controlled trial. Persons seeking care for LBP were recruited from primary care in Denmark and Norway and an outpatient clinic (Denmark). The intervention group (n = 232) received the selfBACK app adjunct to usual care. The control group (n = 229) received usual care only. Analyses were stratified by age (18-34, 35-64, ≥65 years), gender (male, female), and education (≤12, >12 years) to investigate differences in effect at three and nine months follow-up on LBP-related disability (R

SUBMITTER: Bardal EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10516425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature