HELP - A healthy lifestyle intervention for patients with chronic low back pain

患者没有接受治疗以解决与慢性腰痛相关的因素，如超重和吸烟，而是被转诊接受昂贵和无效的治疗，他们等待的时间很长。这会导致腰痛症状恶化和其他慢性疾病的风险增加。我们将进行第一项研究，以评估减肥和戒烟计划是否可以改善等待手术咨询的患者的腰痛。

Instead of receiving care to address factors associated with chronic low back pain, such as being overweight and smoking, patients are referred for expensive and ineffective treatments, for which they wait for extended periods. This leads to worsening of low back pain symptoms and higher risks of other chronic disease. We will conduct the first study to assess if weight loss and smoking cessation programs can improve low back pain in patients waiting for surgery consultation.