Allison Marshall1,2, Christopher T Joyce3, Bryan Tseng2, Hanna Gerlovin4, Gloria Y Yeh5, Karen J Sherman6,7, Robert B Saper2, Eric J Roseen2,8. 1. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. School of Physical Therapy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, Massachusetts. 4. Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology, Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), US Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 6. Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington. 7. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 8. Department of Rehabilitation Science, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated exercise interventions for cognitive appraisal of chronic low back pain (cLBP) in an underserved population. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Back to Health Trial, showing yoga to be noninferior to physical therapy (PT) for pain and function outcomes among adults with cLBP (n = 320) recruited from primary care clinics with predominantly low-income patients. Participants were randomized to 12 weeks of yoga, PT, or education. Cognitive appraisal was assessed with the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). Using multiple imputation and linear regression, we estimated within- and between-group changes in cognitive appraisal at 12 and 52 weeks, with baseline and the education group as references. RESULTS: Participants (mean age = 46 years) were majority female (64%) and majority Black (57%), and 54% had an annual household income <$30,000. All three groups showed improvements in PSEQ (range 0-60) at 12 weeks (yoga, mean difference [MD] = 7.0, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.9, 9.0; PT, MD = 6.9, 95% CI: 4.7 to 9.1; and education, MD = 3.4, 95% CI: 0.54 to 6.3), with yoga and PT improvements being clinically meaningful. At 12 weeks, improvements in catastrophizing (CSQ, range 0-36) were largest in the yoga and PT groups (MD = -3.0, 95% CI: -4.4 to -1.6; MD = -2.7, 95% CI: -4.2 to -1.2, respectively). Changes in FABQ were small. No statistically significant between-group differences were observed on PSEQ, CSQ, or FABQ at either time point. Many of the changes observed at 12 weeks were sustained at 52 weeks. CONCLUSION: All three interventions were associated with improvements in self-efficacy and catastrophizing among low-income, racially diverse adults with cLBP. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01343927.
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated exercise interventions for cognitive appraisal of chronic low back pain (cLBP) in an underserved population. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Back to Health Trial, showing yoga to be noninferior to physical therapy (PT) for pain and function outcomes among adults with cLBP (n = 320) recruited from primary care clinics with predominantly low-income patients. Participants were randomized to 12 weeks of yoga, PT, or education. Cognitive appraisal was assessed with the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). Using multiple imputation and linear regression, we estimated within- and between-group changes in cognitive appraisal at 12 and 52 weeks, with baseline and the education group as references. RESULTS: Participants (mean age = 46 years) were majority female (64%) and majority Black (57%), and 54% had an annual household income <$30,000. All three groups showed improvements in PSEQ (range 0-60) at 12 weeks (yoga, mean difference [MD] = 7.0, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.9, 9.0; PT, MD = 6.9, 95% CI: 4.7 to 9.1; and education, MD = 3.4, 95% CI: 0.54 to 6.3), with yoga and PT improvements being clinically meaningful. At 12 weeks, improvements in catastrophizing (CSQ, range 0-36) were largest in the yoga and PT groups (MD = -3.0, 95% CI: -4.4 to -1.6; MD = -2.7, 95% CI: -4.2 to -1.2, respectively). Changes in FABQ were small. No statistically significant between-group differences were observed on PSEQ, CSQ, or FABQ at either time point. Many of the changes observed at 12 weeks were sustained at 52 weeks. CONCLUSION: All three interventions were associated with improvements in self-efficacy and catastrophizing among low-income, racially diverse adults with cLBP. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01343927.
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