The Efficacy of Phrae Hospital Back School Program for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
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2011-03-10
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Buddhachinaraj Medical Journal
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Chronic low back pain is a major health and economic problem that if patients do not have proper treatment it mayturn into disability. Treatment in a crowed busy general hospital may be ineffective because of inadequateavailable time to provide insight for these patients. Back school program is generally accepted in many settingsthat yield fair to good results. Rehabilitation Department of Phrae Hospital has used group education programfor back pain patients since 2006. The randomized controlled trial study was designed to confirm the efficacy ofthis currently back school program between January to November 2010. Patients fulfill in criterions wererandomly selected into 27 controlled and 31 tested group. Tested group had received back pain lecture, coachingfor proper common daily activities, back strengthening and stretching exercise while controlled group receivedstandard treatments. Flexible generalized least-squared (FGLS) statistics was used for analysis.Pain relief and functional status were significantly improved more than the controlled. The flexibility and strengthof back muscles were slightly improved but not different. So, back school program should be promoted toimprove efficacy of pain relief and functional status in chronic low back pain patients with self care of patients andtheir families.
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Buddhachinaraj Medical Journal; Vol.27 (Supplement 1) May-Augst 2010; 329