Khader A Almhdawi1, Donia Saleh Obeidat1, Saddam F Kanaan1, Alaa O Oteir2, Zaid Modhi Mansour3, Hassan Alrabbaei1. 1. Department of Rehabilitation Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. 2. Department of Allied Medical Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. 3. Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed evidence-based low back pain (LBP) management smartphone application. DESIGN: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial where participants randomly assigned to either an experimental group (EG) or a control group (CG). SETTING: Governmental and private institutions. PARTICIPANTS: About 40 office workers, aged 30 to 55 years, had pain due to non-specific LBP > 3 on Visual Analogue Scale, and with pain chronicity > 3 months. INTERVENTIONS: The EG received full version of the application 'Relieve my back' included evidence-based instructions and therapeutic exercises for LBP management, whereas the CG received placebo version included instructions about nutrition. MAIN MEASURES: Primary outcome measures included pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), disability measured by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and quality of life measured by Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). RESULTS: Following six weeks of using the application, compared to CG, the EG group demonstrated significant decrease in pain intensity (-3.45 (2.21) vs -0.11 (1.66), P < 0.001), in ODI score (-11.05 (10.40) vs -0.58 (9.0), P = 0.002), and significant increase in physical component of SF-12 (12.85 (17.20) vs -4.63 (12.04), P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: 'Relieve my back' application might be efficacious in reducing pain and disability and improving the quality of life of office workers with non-specific LBP.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed evidence-based low back pain (LBP) management smartphone application. DESIGN: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial where participants randomly assigned to either an experimental group (EG) or a control group (CG). SETTING: Governmental and private institutions. PARTICIPANTS: About 40 office workers, aged 30 to 55 years, had pain due to non-specific LBP > 3 on Visual Analogue Scale, and with pain chronicity > 3 months. INTERVENTIONS: The EG received full version of the application 'Relieve my back' included evidence-based instructions and therapeutic exercises for LBP management, whereas the CG received placebo version included instructions about nutrition. MAIN MEASURES: Primary outcome measures included pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), disability measured by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and quality of life measured by Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). RESULTS: Following six weeks of using the application, compared to CG, the EG group demonstrated significant decrease in pain intensity (-3.45 (2.21) vs -0.11 (1.66), P < 0.001), in ODI score (-11.05 (10.40) vs -0.58 (9.0), P = 0.002), and significant increase in physical component of SF-12 (12.85 (17.20) vs -4.63 (12.04), P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: 'Relieve my back' application might be efficacious in reducing pain and disability and improving the quality of life of office workers with non-specific LBP.
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Smartphone; exercise; low back pain; occupational health; quality of life
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