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Smartphone-Based Remote Self-Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study.
Objective: To assess the additional effect of self-management on physiotherapy via the use of APPS on management of chronic low back pain.
Method: A single-blinded randomized control trial was conducted. 8 participants (male: 4; female: 4) were recruited from the Rehabilitation Clinic of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Participants in the treatment group received self-management plus physiotherapy and the control group received physiotherapy only. Assessment was carried out pretreatment, midterm (week 2), and posttreatment (week 4), including Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), and SF36.
Results: Compared with the physiotherapy group, the self-management plus physiotherapy group had significance in PSEQ ( p =0.035), RMDQ ( p =0.035), SF36-Bodily Pain ( p =0.008), and SF36-Mental Health ( p =0.013). VAS showed a positive trend although there was no significant difference.
Conclusion: This pilot study indicated that smartphone APPS-based self-management program appears to bring additional benefits to physiotherapy for patients with CLBP. Self-management is a potential approach for people with CLBP.
Method: A single-blinded randomized control trial was conducted. 8 participants (male: 4; female: 4) were recruited from the Rehabilitation Clinic of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Participants in the treatment group received self-management plus physiotherapy and the control group received physiotherapy only. Assessment was carried out pretreatment, midterm (week 2), and posttreatment (week 4), including Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), and SF36.
Results: Compared with the physiotherapy group, the self-management plus physiotherapy group had significance in PSEQ ( p =0.035), RMDQ ( p =0.035), SF36-Bodily Pain ( p =0.008), and SF36-Mental Health ( p =0.013). VAS showed a positive trend although there was no significant difference.
Conclusion: This pilot study indicated that smartphone APPS-based self-management program appears to bring additional benefits to physiotherapy for patients with CLBP. Self-management is a potential approach for people with CLBP.
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