Marley Joanne, Larsson Caroline, Piccinini Flavia, Howes Sarah, Casoni Elisa, Hansson Eva Ekvall, McDonough Suzanne
Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Northland Road, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, 22240, Lund, Sweden.
Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2023 Sep 4;9(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s40814-023-01382-3.
Low back pain (LBP) is the main cause of activity limitation and work absence across the world, leading to a high social and economic burden for individuals, families, the labour market and society. The overall aim of this multicentre study is to test the usability, acceptability and feasibility of an evidence-based, digital education programme for people living and working with persistent LBP who are in sedentary or physically demanding jobs and need advice on ergonomics, self-management of pain and healthy behavioural strategies.
This is the protocol of a multinational, multicentre, prospective uncontrolled feasibility study targeting people with persistent LBP in Lithuania, Northern Ireland, Italy, Sweden and Portugal. Eligible participants will be offered the opportunity to use the MyRelief educational platform as part of their care and will undergo evaluations at baseline (enrollment) and 1-month follow-up. Feasibility will be assessed using measures of recruitment and retention, intervention engagement, outcome measure completion rates and within-group effect sizes in response to the digital education programme.
This study will identify the challenges and implications of delivering a digital training programme in advance of potentially delivering the programme via an online educational platform available on mobile devices. The findings will inform the design of a future randomised controlled trial if it proves feasible.
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04673773 . Registered 17 December 2020.
腰痛（LBP）是全球活动受限和工作缺勤的主要原因，给个人、家庭、劳动力市场和社会带来了沉重的社会和经济负担。这项多中心研究的总体目标是测试一种基于证据的数字教育计划的可用性、可接受性和可行性，该计划针对患有持续性腰痛且从事久坐或体力要求高的工作、需要人体工程学、疼痛自我管理和健康行为策略建议的人群。
这是一项针对立陶宛、北爱尔兰、意大利、瑞典和葡萄牙患有持续性腰痛的人群的跨国、多中心、前瞻性非对照可行性研究方案。符合条件的参与者将有机会使用MyRelief教育平台作为其护理的一部分，并将在基线（入组）和1个月随访时接受评估。将使用招募和保留率、干预参与度、结局测量完成率以及对数字教育计划的组内效应大小等指标来评估可行性。
本研究将确定在通过移动设备上可用的在线教育平台潜在地提供该计划之前提供数字培训计划的挑战和影响。如果证明可行，研究结果将为未来的随机对照试验设计提供信息。
ClinicalTrials.gov，NCT04673773。2020年12月17日注册。
