Status:
COMPLETED
"Management of Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department With Different Analgesic Dosages"
Lead Sponsor:
Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Conditions:
Low Back Pain, Mechanical
Ibuprofen
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The Management of Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department Worldwide, low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorders, and it constitutes one of the primary complaints in emergen...
Detailed Description
The worldwide prevalence of low back pain makes it one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, and it ranks among the primary complaints in emergency departments. Literature review reveals studi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients aged 18 and above but under 65 years old.
- Patients willing to participate in the study.
- Patients with acute pain lasting less than two weeks.
- Non-traumatic pain.
- Patients without radicular back pain.
- Patients scoring more than 5 points on the 24-item validated Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ).
- Patients marking more than 4 on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS).
- Patients deemed appropriate for the study by an emergency medicine specialist based on history and physical examination.
- Patients in whom other differential diagnoses are not primarily considered.
Exclusion
- \- Patients aged below 18 and above 65.
- Patients who decline to participate in the study.
- Patients with vital signs outside normal limits.
- Patients with a history of adverse reactions to ibuprofen.
- Patients unable to determine their pain intensity on the NRS.
- Pregnant individuals.
- Individuals with a history of heart disease and hypertension.
- Individuals with advanced systemic diseases.
- Patients with malignancies.
- Patients with chronic liver disease.
- Individuals using neuro-psychiatric drugs with sedative and analgesic effects.
- Individuals with a history of psychological and neurological diseases.
- Patients who used analgesics within 6 hours before examination.
- Patients with pain lasting more than two weeks.
- Traumatic cases.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
144 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06064175
Start Date
January 1 2022
End Date
March 1 2023
Last Update
October 3 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Ankara City Hospital
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06800