A multicentred randomised controlled trial of a primary care-based cognitive behavioural programme for low back pain. the back skills training (BeST) trial

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 1-281

  Lamb, S E ^a   Lall, R ^a   Hansen, Z ^a   Castelnuovo, E ^b   Withers, E J ^a   Nichols, V ^a   Griffiths, F ^a   Potter, R ^a   Szczepura, A ^a   Underwood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current controlled trials isrctn37807450. funding: the national institute for health research health technology assessment programme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL HEALTH; MODIFIED VON KORFF SCALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ROLAND MORISS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77957741676     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta14410     Document Type: Article

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