title: [A comparison of multimodal programmes of patient education in the rehabilitation of chronic low back pain].
abstract: There is growing evidence for the effectiveness of multimodal intervention concepts for chronic low back pain in the international literature, and accordingly several German rehabilitation programmes for the treatment of chronic low back pain patients have been developed. Focus of this paper is to describe and compare frequently used German multimodal intervention programmes for in- and outpatient rehabilitation of patients with chronic low back pain. Programmes were chosen by searching the most relevant online resources as well as the online pages of Deutsche Rentenversicherung and Zentrum Patientenschulung during September 2008. Keywords guiding the search were: Patientenschulung, Rückenschmerzen, Manual, psychologische multimodale Interventionskonzepte, Rehabilitationsprogramm, psychology, intervention, low back pain, manual and therapy. By this means, six manually supported multimodal rehabilitation programmes for the in- and outpatient therapy of patients with chronic back pain could be identified: Göttinger Rücken-Intensiv-Programm (GRIP), the psychological programme for chronic head- and low back pain, the Münchner Rücken-Intensiv-Programm (MRIP), Back to Balance, Arbeiten und Leben--Back to Balance (ALEBABA) und Rückenfit: Lebenslust statt Krankheitsfrust. These programmes are depicted and compared with regard to their potentials and limitations in supporting the rehabilitation process of patients with chronic low back pain. While comparing the programmes, a number of similarities between them can be detected, as well as pronounced differences, e. g., regarding settings and complexity. In most programmes, lack of appropriate evaluation studies and lack of aftercare turn out to be critical aspects.
authors.affiliation: Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Angewandte Humanwissenschaften, Rehabilitationspsychologie. matthias.morfeld@hs-magdeburg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morfeld
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Küch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greitemann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dibbelt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salewski
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liebenau
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005858:Germany; D006261:Headache / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D055502:Secondary Prevention