Interactive sections of an Internet-based intervention increase empowerment of chronic back pain patients: randomized controlled trial

Silvia Riva, Anne-Linda Camerini, Ahmed Allam, Peter J Schulz, Silvia Riva, Anne-Linda Camerini, Ahmed Allam, Peter J Schulz

Abstract

Background: Chronic back pain (CBP) represents a significant public health problem. As one of the most common causes of disability and sick leave, there is a need to develop cost-effective ways, such as Internet-based interventions, to help empower patients to manage their disease. Research has provided evidence for the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions in many fields, but it has paid little attention to the reasons why they are effective.

Objective: This study aims to assess the impact of interactive sections of an Internet-based self-management intervention on patient empowerment, their management of the disease, and, ultimately, health outcomes.

Methods: A total of 51 patients were recruited through their health care providers and randomly assigned to either an experimental group with full access to the Internet-based intervention or a control group that was denied access to the interactive sections and knew nothing thereof. The intervention took 8 weeks. A baseline, a mid-term after 4 weeks, and a final assessment after 8 weeks measured patient empowerment, physical exercise, medication misuse, and pain burden.

Results: All patients completed the study. Overall, the intervention had a moderate effect (F1.52=2.83, P=.03, η(2)=0.30, d=0.55). Compared to the control group, the availability of interactive sections significantly increased patient empowerment (midterm assessment: mean difference=+1.2, P=.03, d=0.63; final assessment: mean difference=+0.8, P=.09, d=0.44) and reduced medication misuse (midterm assessment: mean difference=-1.5, P=.04, d=0.28; final assessment: mean difference=-1.6, P=.03, d=-0.55) in the intervention group. Both the frequency of physical exercise and pain burden decreased, but to equal measures in both groups.

Conclusions: Results suggest that interactive sections as part of Internet-based interventions can positively alter patients' feelings of empowerment and help prevent medication misuse. Detrimental effects were not observed.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02114788; http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02114788 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6ROXYVoPR).

Keywords: Internet-based intervention; chronic back pain; decision; gamification; health; health outcomes; interactivity; medication misuse; pain burden; patient empowerment; physical activity.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Design and timeline of randomized controlled study.
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Screening, recruitment process, and random assignment.

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