Will a patient-led goal setting program work for chronic low back pain patients?

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Researchers examined a new patient-led goal setting program for managing chronic low back pain and published results in Spine.

The pilot study investigated a single group longitudinal cohort with 20 participants who had low back pain. They went through a patient-led goal setting intervention over two months and had two monthly follow-up sessions after treatment. A physiotherapist led the efforts.

 

Patients identified their problem areas, defined goals and developed evidence-based strategies to meet goals with the help of the physiotherapist. The researchers also examined secondary measures that included stress and anxiety.

 

The researchers found significant improvement in:

 

• Disability measures
• Pain
• Fear avoidance
• Self-efficacy
• Quality of life

 

The participants reported maintaining the improvements at least two months after treatment.

 

“Our findings confirm that a patient-centered goal-setting intervention is a potentially effective intervention for the management of chronic low back pain showing significant improvements in both quality of life and pain intensity,” concluded the study authors.

 

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