TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping with chronic lower back pain
T2 - Designing and testing the online tool ONESELF
AU - Schulz, Peter J.
AU - Rubinelli, Sara
AU - Zufferey, Maria Caiata
AU - Hartung, Uwe
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - A website was designed in order to help patients with chronic lower back pain (cLBP) to cope with their condition, relying on the concept of health literacy. A sample of 748 chronic or potentially chronic LBP patients were asked to regularly visit the site for a period of 12 months. The intervention was evaluated quantitatively (both preuse and postuse surveys, logfiles) and qualitatively. Users appear to have taken less painkillers than before in the period they accessed the site. Most users reported that the site contributed to increasing their knowledge, and helped them managing their back pain. Communication with doctors, family, and colleagues improved. Qualitative evaluation showed several positive effects including self-comprehension, improvement of argumentative abilities, orientation, and self-confidence.
AB - A website was designed in order to help patients with chronic lower back pain (cLBP) to cope with their condition, relying on the concept of health literacy. A sample of 748 chronic or potentially chronic LBP patients were asked to regularly visit the site for a period of 12 months. The intervention was evaluated quantitatively (both preuse and postuse surveys, logfiles) and qualitatively. Users appear to have taken less painkillers than before in the period they accessed the site. Most users reported that the site contributed to increasing their knowledge, and helped them managing their back pain. Communication with doctors, family, and colleagues improved. Qualitative evaluation showed several positive effects including self-comprehension, improvement of argumentative abilities, orientation, and self-confidence.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956567768&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01509.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01509.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956567768
SN - 1083-6101
VL - 15
SP - 625
EP - 645
JO - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
JF - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
IS - 4
ER -