A multidisciplinary pain management program for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, single-blind, controlled, feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multidisciplinary programs are the first recommendation for non-specific chronic low-back pain, but implementing this type of program is complicated to get up and running. The primary aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and appropriateness of the PAINDOC multidisciplinary program for subjects with chronic low-back pain. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the decrease in pain intensity, pain-related disability and pain catastrophizing, as well as the improvement in quality of life with this program. Furthermore, another of the secondary objectives was to calculate the sample size for a future randomized clinical trial.

Methods

This study was conducted in a hospital pain unit using two successive recruitment waves. First, the feasibility outcomes

SUBMITTER: Dalmau-Roig A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11740566 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature