The Influence of Different Factors on Workers' Disability Due to Low Back Pain
NCT ID: NCT00667316
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
7300 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2008-02-29
2021-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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OTHER
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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A
Workers from companies and workers' health care organizations who go for their periodic medical checkup.
Set of questionnaires (respondent)
A set of questionnaires to determine risk factors for sick leave due to low back pain.
Interventions
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Set of questionnaires (respondent)
A set of questionnaires to determine risk factors for sick leave due to low back pain.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* With a labor contract that won't make it likely that they stop work before the next 18 months, for causes other than their health
* Who sign the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria
* Inability to fill our the questionnaires
* Bedridden
* Rheumatologic inflammatory disease, cancer or fibromyalgia
* Suspicion of fibromyalgia
* Red flags for systemic disease
* Criteria for surgery
* Criteria for urgent referral to surgery
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Kovacs Foundation
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Francisco M. Kovacs
Director of Scientific Department, Kovacs Foundation
Principal Investigators
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Francisco M Kovacs, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Kovacs Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, 07012, Spain
Mario Gestoso, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Kovacs Foundation,Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Locations
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Kovacs Foundation
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Countries
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References
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Guo HR, Tanaka S, Cameron LL, Seligman PJ, Behrens VJ, Ger J, Wild DK, Putz-Anderson V. Back pain among workers in the United States: national estimates and workers at high risk. Am J Ind Med. 1995 Nov;28(5):591-602. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700280504.
Turner JA, Franklin G, Fulton-Kehoe D, Sheppard L, Wickizer TM, Wu R, Gluck JV, Egan K. Worker recovery expectations and fear-avoidance predict work disability in a population-based workers' compensation back pain sample. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Mar 15;31(6):682-9. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000202762.88787.af.
Kovacs FM, Muriel A, Castillo Sanchez MD, Medina JM, Royuela A; Spanish Back Pain Research Network. Fear avoidance beliefs influence duration of sick leave in Spanish low back pain patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Jul 15;32(16):1761-6. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180b9f5f7.
Other Identifiers
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FK-I-25
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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