ArticlePloS one2007
Effect of a simple information booklet on pain persistence after an acute episode of low back pain: a non-randomized trial in a primary care setting.
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Influence of a Simple Information Booklet on the Evolution of Acute Low Back Pain (LBP): a Quasi-experimental Study in a Primary Care Setting.
Effectiveness of a Short, Intensive and Standardised Spa Therapy for Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain on Return to Work for Patients in Sick Leave From 4 to 24 Weeks Duration : a Randomized Controlled Trial Using a Modified Zelen Method
Creation and Setting up of Therapeutic Programs, Interprofessional Communication, Patients' Education and Counseling: a Qualitative Study in 3 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Departments
Impact of Six Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Doctor Patient Communication and Adherence in Emergency Ward
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Self-Help Interventions to Reduce Work Disability: A Rapid Mixed Methods Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- How best to use and evaluate Patient Information Leaflets given during a consultation: a systematic review of literature reviews.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Pooled it
- Low back pain.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2012Guideline
- The Hip and Knee Book: developing an active management booklet for hip and knee osteoarthritis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2010Pooled it
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- [Effectiveness of a risk-tailored short intervention to prevent chronic low back pain : A cluster-randomized study in general practice].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2019Trial
- Intensive spa and exercise therapy program for returning to work for low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2017Trial
- Can group-based reassuring information alter low back pain behavior? A cluster-randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of providing patients with information on managing mild low-back symptoms in an occupational health setting.BMC public health · 2016Trial
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- The PRESLO study: evaluation of a global secondary low back pain prevention program for health care personnel in a hospital setting. Multicenter, randomized intervention trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2012Trial
- Predictors of occurrence and severity of first time low back pain episodes: findings from a military inception cohort.PloS one · 2012Trial
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- Psychosocial education improves low back pain beliefs: results from a cluster randomized clinical trial (NCT00373009) in a primary prevention setting.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2009Trial
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- An Evaluation of the Design of Multimedia Patient Education Materials in Musculoskeletal Health Care: Systematic Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2024Review
- Efficiency of Associating Therapeutic Patient Education with Rehabilitation in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Korean journal of family medicine · 2022Article
- The Effectiveness of Group-Based Core Stability Exercise and Educational Booklet for Hospital Workers in Taiwan with Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on contributing factors among low back pain patients attending outpatient physiotherapy treatment in Malawi.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2017Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveMass-media campaigns have been known to modify the outcome of low back pain (LBP). We assessed the impact on outcome of standardized written information on LBP given to patients with acute LBP.
methods
designA 3-month pragmatic, multicenter controlled trial with geographic stratification.
settingPrimary care practice in France.
participants2752 patients with acute LBP.
interventionAn advice book on LBP (the "back book").
main outcome measuresThe main outcome measure was persistence of LBP three months after baseline evaluation.
results2337 (85%) patients were assessed at follow-up and 12.4% of participants reported persistent LBP. The absolute risk reduction of reporting persistent back pain in the intervention group was 3.6% lower than in the control group (10.5% vs. 14.1%; 95% confidence interval [-6.3% ; -1.0%]; p value adjusted for cluster effect = 0.01). Patients in the intervention group were more satisfied than those in the control group with the information they received about physical activities, when to consult their physician, and how to prevent a new episode of LBP. However, the number of patients who had taken sick leave was similar, as was the mean sick-leave duration, in both arms, and, among patients with persistent pain at follow-up, the intervention and control groups did not differ in disability or fear-avoidance beliefs.
conclusionsThe level of improvement of an information booklet is modest, but the cost and complexity of the intervention is minimal. Therefore, the implications and generalizability of this intervention are substantial.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT00343057.
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