New french tool aims to better understand how patients perceive their back pain
NCT ID NCT04931758
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a French version of the Fremantle Back Awareness Questionnaire (FreBAQ) in 150 people with chronic low back pain. The questionnaire measures how patients perceive their back, including neglect and body image. The goal was to confirm that the French version works as well as versions in other languages.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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150 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Finished
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Apr 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with chronic low back pain defined as pain localized between the edge of the last lower ribs and the intergluteal groove (17) for more than 3 months followed in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of the CHU of Nîmes and persons recruited among the members of the service and their entourage, as well as all patients coming for consultation in the service with no history of chronic low back pain and lumbar VAS \< 2 for more than 3 months.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subject with no history of chronic low back pain and with a lumbar VAS \<2 for more than 3 months. * Patient with chronic low back pain: pain localized between the edge of the last lower ribs and the intergluteal groove (17) for more than 3 months. * Patient with a lumbar VAS \> 2 for more than 3 months. * Patient whose low back pain is of common origin (no underlying organic etiology). * In case of lumbar-radicular pain, patient with a VAS (lumbar) \> VAS (leg) * Patient who speaks and understands French * Patient with no history of arthrodesis or lumbar disc prosthesis * Subject affiliated or beneficiary of a health insurance plan. * The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * Patient pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nîmes
Nîmes, France
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