Health Coaching for Back Pain After Emergency Department Discharge

Description

The goal of this two-group randomized trial is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a remotely-delivered health coaching intervention offered in conjunction with usual care for patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic low back pain who present to the emergency department (ED). The main questions this feasibility trial aims to answer are: * Is our health coaching intervention and randomized trial methodology feasible to conduct? * Is our health coaching intervention acceptable to participants and ED providers? Participants will be randomized to one of two groups (usual ED care plus health coaching or usual ED care plus education) and complete outcome assessments at 3 and 6 months after ED discharge. Participants and ED providers will also complete an interview.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

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Study overview

The goal of this two-group randomized trial is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a remotely-delivered health coaching intervention offered in conjunction with usual care for patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic low back pain who present to the emergency department (ED). The main questions this feasibility trial aims to answer are: * Is our health coaching intervention and randomized trial methodology feasible to conduct? * Is our health coaching intervention acceptable to participants and ED providers? Participants will be randomized to one of two groups (usual ED care plus health coaching or usual ED care plus education) and complete outcome assessments at 3 and 6 months after ED discharge. Participants and ED providers will also complete an interview.

Integrative Health Coaching for Back Pain: An Emergency Department-to-Home Recovery Model

Health Coaching for Back Pain After Emergency Department Discharge

Condition
Low Back Pain
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Nashville

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Chief complaint of musculoskeletal LBP
  • 2. Meets NIH-supported chronic LBP criterion (e.g., pain greater than 3 months that has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months)
  • 3. Age 18 years of age or older
  • 4. English-speaking
  • 1. Requires hospitalization for an acute medical condition or active comorbidity
  • 2. In the opinion of the investigator has a severe psychiatric or behavioral diagnosis or substance use disorder that would interfere with the ability to perform the intervention and complete follow-up
  • 3. Involved in litigation related to the LBP condition

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Vanderbilt University Medical Center,

Rogelio Coronado, PT, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kristin Archer, PhD, DPT, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Sean Collins, MD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2025-09