MOBile Instruction for Low Back Pain (MOBIL) (MOBIL)
Low Back Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Low Back Pain focused on measuring patient education, low back pain, technology
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- A Tricare beneficiary with a primary complaint of low back pain consulting in a primary care clinic
- Between the age of 18 - 50 years
- Read and speak English well enough to interact with the mobile education technology, provide informed consent and follow study instructions
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of prior surgery to the lumbosacral spine
- Medical "red flags" of a potentially serious condition including cauda equina syndrome, major or rapidly progressing neurological deficit, fracture, cancer, infection, or systemic disease
- Known current pregnancy or history of pregnancy in the last 6 months
- Already seen in primary care for an episode of low back pain within the last 3 months
Sites / Locations
- Brooke Army Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Education Group
Usual Care Group
This will consist of a 6-minute educational video app created and delivered within an application (mobile app) that will be interactive in nature, asking multiple-choice questions at the end to help reinforce key points of the video message. It will include self-management guidance based on evidence related to activity, exercise, and other behavioral components known to influence the prognosis of low back pain. Subjects will also receive the 1-page general conditioning handout that the usual care group will receive.
Subjects randomized to usual care will receive a 1-page generic informational handout on general conditioning recommended for low back pain, in addition to whatever education the subject's PCP decides to provide.