Recruitment and enrollment for the simultaneous conduct of 2 randomized controlled trials for patients with subacute and chronic low back pain at a CAM research center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe recruitment and enrollment experiences of 2 low back pain (LBP) randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Design

Descriptive report.

Setting

Chiropractic research center in the midwest United States that is not a fee-for-service clinic.

Participants

Both trials enrolled participants with subacute or chronic LBP without neurologic signs who had not received spinal manipulative care during the previous month. For study 1 we screened 1940 potential participants to enroll 192 participants (89 women and 103 men), mean age 40.0 +/- 9.4 years (range, 21-54 years). For study 2 we screened 1849 potential participants to enroll 240 participants (105 women and 135 men) at least 55 years old (mean, 63.1 +/- 6.7 years).

Interventions

Study 1 randomly

SUBMITTER: Hondras MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3116528 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature