DISCO - Case-Control Study on The Impact of "The Back Guide (Le Guide du Dos)" Educational Programme on The Development of Common Lower Back Pain in General Medicine 
Head :
Fernand Coriat, Direction Médicale Unité Thérapeutique Antalgie
Last update : 09/05/2017 | Version : 1 | ID : 20971
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Case-Control Study on The Impact of "The Back Guide (Le Guide du Dos)" Educational Programme on The Development of Common Lower Back Pain in General Medicine |
| Sign or acronym | DISCO |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | CNIL |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
General practice |
| Health determinants |
Lifestyle and behavior Occupation |
| Keywords | educational programme, back, assessment, impact |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Fernand |
| Surname | Coriat |
| Address | 46, quai de la Rapée 75601 Paris Cedex 12 |
| Phone | +33 (0)1 55 71 52 91 |
| fernand.coriat@aventis.com | |
| Unit | Direction Médicale Unité Thérapeutique Antalgie |
| Organization | Laboratoire |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Private |
| Details | Aventis laboratory |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Laboratoire Aventis |
| Organisation status |
Private |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Case control study |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A selection of health care professionals |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
Yes |
| Details |
Performed at group level (clusters) |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | 1,800 selected general practitioners that agreed to participate in the study, which includes 4 subjects with acute common lower back pain. Subjects are divided into two groups. Subjects enrolled in the control group will receive non-standardised verbal information from their general practitioner. In addition to non-standardised verbal information from their general practitioner, subjects enrolled in the case study group will receive "The Back Guide" information leaflet on their first consultation after being informed of its contents, objectives and use. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | To assess the impact of an educational programme on the chronic state of common lower back pain, through written information in "The Back Guide", as well as the usual verbal information provided to all lower back pain patients. |
| Inclusion criteria |
- male and female
- aged 18+ - with common lower back pain |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
National |
| Detail of the geography area | Metropolitan France |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 09/2003 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 02/2004 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 6,120 |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Declarative data |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Paper self-questionnaire Face to face interview |
| Details of collected declarative data | Information sheet completed by observing physician. Questionnaire on the link between lower back pain and physical or occupational activities. |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Quality of life/health perception |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | Data collected on information sheet. Will be conducted by physician using a specific questionnaire. The assessment criterion is the transition to a chronic state, which is defined by persistent pain at 3 months. Lower back pain history, professional practices, continued training and the concerns and beliefs of physicians are also collected. Measurement of the impact of verbal and/or written information from The Back Pain" educational programme provided by the observing physician on the transition to chronic state of common lower back pain. Subject follow-up will be conducted during the fourth month. |
| Participant monitoring |
No |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | Contact the person in charge of study. |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
