Adherence
A 6-month telephone-based lifestyle behavioral intervention significantly reduces pain intensity and disability in overweight or obese patients with chronic low back pain compared to usual care.
If you have chronic back pain and are overweight, a structured phone coaching program focusing on diet, activity, and behavior change may help reduce your pain. This approach removes the barrier of traveling to clinics by delivering support directly to your phone over six months.
The aim of this trial is to determine if a telephone-based lifestyle behavioural intervention is effective in reducing pain intensity in overweight or obese patients with low back pain, compared to usual care.
Why this rating
This is a study protocol; results are not yet available, so the evidence rating reflects the design quality (RCT) but lack of outcome data.
Source
A randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle behavioural intervention for patients with low back pain, who are overweight or obese: study protocol
Amanda Williams et al. · BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12891-016-0922-1
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