Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Low Back Pain in the Elderly

Haas, Mitchell; Groupp, Elyse; Muench, John; Kraemer, Dale F.; Brummel-Smith, Ken; Sharma, Rajiv; Ganger, Bonnie; Attwood, Michael; Fairweather, Alisa

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2005.03.010

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“…3,4 Further trials of the course have recruited patients with a self-defined long-term condition, 5 adapted the generic programme to specific cultures, [6][7][8][9][10] and tested condition-specific adaptations. [11][12][13] A recently completed randomised controlled trial of the Expert Patients Programme showed it was effective in improving subjective measures of health, including a medium effect on self-efficacy (confidence in managing the effects of long-term conditions; effect size = 0.4), and small effects on energy (effect size = 0.2) and health-related quality of life (providing the equivalent of one extra week of perfect health per year). 5 These findings accorded with previous trials of the Stanford course.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting who will benefit from an Expert Patients Programme self-management course

Reeves¹,

Kennedy²,

Fullwood³

et al. 2008

Br J Gen Pract

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting who will benefit from an Expert Patients Programme self-management course

Reeves¹,

Kennedy²,

Fullwood³

et al. 2008

Br J Gen Pract

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“…In French and British adults of working age seeking medical care for low back pain, adding the back book or postural hygiene pamphlet improves disability, reduces reattendances and improves positive beliefs when compared with not giving it. However in Dutch patients, there was no advantage over usual care [12,16]. Improving back beliefs may not modify every clinical outcome or have only a small treatment effect.…”

Section: Back Painmentioning

confidence: 88%

Patient information and education with modern media: the Spine Society of Europe Patient Line

Pellisé¹,

Sell

2009

Eur Spine J

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The role of the patient as an active partner in health care, and not just a passive object of diagnostic testing and medical treatment, is widely accepted. Providing information to patients is considered a crucial issue and the central focus in patient educational activities. It is necessary to educate patients on the nature of the outcomes and the benefits and risks of the procedures to involve them in the decision-making process and enable them to achieve fully informed consent. Information materials must contain scientifically reliable information and be presented in a form that is acceptable and useful to patients. Given the mismatch between public beliefs and current evidence, strategies for changing the public perceptions are required. Traditional patient education programmes have to face the potential barriers of storage, access problems and the need to keep content materials up to date. A computer-based resource provides many advantages, including ''just-intime'' availability and a private learning environment. The use of the Internet for patient information needs will continue to expand as Internet access becomes readily available. However, the problem is no longer in finding information, but in assessing the credibility and validity of it. Health Web sites should provide health information that is secure and trustworthy. The large majority of the Web sites providing information related to spinal disorders are of limited and poor quality. Patient Line (PL), a patient information section in the Web site of Eurospine, was born in 2005 to offer patients and the general population the accumulated expertise represented by the members of the society and provide up-to-date information related to spinal disorders. In areas where evidence is scarce, Patient Line provides a real-time opinion of the EuroSpine membership. The published data reflect the pragmatic and the common sense range of treatments offered by the Eurospine membership. The first chapters have been dedicated to sciatica, scoliosis, cervical pain syndromes, low back pain and motion preservation surgery. Since 2008, the information has been available in English, German, French and Spanish. The goal is for Patient Line to become THE European patient information Web site on spinal disorders, providing reliable and updated best practice and evidence-based information where the evidence exists.

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“…This isolation and depression can hamper recovery from pain and injury. 17 One study showed great improvement in depression and well-being after chiropractic care of an elderly patient complaining of lower back pain. 17 Using the Geriatric Depression Scale could have added to this study by determining the effects of chiropractic care on the patient's reported depression.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…17 One study showed great improvement in depression and well-being after chiropractic care of an elderly patient complaining of lower back pain. 17 Using the Geriatric Depression Scale could have added to this study by determining the effects of chiropractic care on the patient's reported depression. It is interesting to note however that, at the final visit, the patient scored well above average for his age group on all the positive aspects of the HSQ except general health perceptions, with the latter being possibly explained by his current cancer diagnosis.…”

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Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for a geriatric patient with low back pain and comorbidities of cancer, compression fractures, and osteoporosis

Roberts¹,

Wolfe

2012

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

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Objective: The purpose of this report is to describe the response of a geriatric patient with low back pain and a history of leukemia, multiple compression fractures, osteoporosis, and degenerative joint disease using Activator chiropractic technique. Case Report: An 83-year-old man who is the primary caretaker for his disabled wife had low back pain after lifting her into a truck. The patient had a history of leukemia, multiple compression fractures, osteoporosis, and degenerative joint disease. His Revised Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire was 26%, with a 10/10 pain rating at its worst on the Numeric Pain Scale. The patient presented with a left head tilt, right high shoulder, and right high ilium with anterior translation and flexion of the torso and spasm and tenderness from the lower thoracic spine to lumbar spine. Intervention and Outcome: The patient was cared for using Activator Methods protocol. After 8 treatments, the patient was stable and remained stable for 4 months without spasm or tenderness in his spine. His Revised Oswestry score dropped to 6%, with a 4/10 Numeric Pain Scale pain rating when at its worst; and the patient reported being able to take care of his wife. Conclusion: The findings of this case suggest that Activator-assisted spinal manipulative therapy had a positive effect on low back pain and function in an elderly patient with a complex clinical history.

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Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Low Back Pain in the Elderly

Cited by 80 publications

References 59 publications

Predicting who will benefit from an Expert Patients Programme self-management course

Predicting who will benefit from an Expert Patients Programme self-management course

Patient information and education with modern media: the Spine Society of Europe Patient Line

Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for a geriatric patient with low back pain and comorbidities of cancer, compression fractures, and osteoporosis

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