title: Effect of a brief cognitive training programme in patients with long-lasting back pain evaluated as unfit for surgery.
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cognitive intervention (information and physical exercise), on patients with long-lasting back pain referred for surgical evaluation at an orthopaedic hospital, but evaluated as unfit for surgery. One hundred and fifty-two patients were randomized to a five days intervention or control. The intervention had no significant effects on pain. At three-month follow-up, the patients in the intervention group used significantly more active strategies to cope with the back pain compared to the control group. This effect seemed to increase over time, being more pronounced at one-year follow-up evaluation.
authors.affiliation: University of Bergen, Norway, Orthopedic University Clinic, Norway, University of Bergen, Norway, & University of Bergen, Norway. liv.magnussen@psybp.uib.no
authors.forename: Liv
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magnussen
authors.forename: Turid
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rognsvåg
authors.forename: Torill H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tveito
authors.forename: Hege R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Eriksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires