Optimizing management of musculoskeletal pain disorders in primary physiotherapy care
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Improved treatment outcome for patients with common musculoskeletal disorders such as neck, shoulder, low back, hip, knee and multisite painMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17927832
- Lead Sponsor
- orwegian University of Science and Technology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 724
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients presenting to a primary care physiotherapist with musculoskeletal pain disorder in any of these areas; shoulder, neck, upper/low back, hip, knee or with multisite pain as primary contact reason.
2. Age above 18 years
3. Physiotherapists with the patient participants in their current patient population
Exclusion Criteria
1. Reduced cognitive function or skills in Norwegian (impeding reading, speaking or comprehension of Norwegian language)
2. Neurological diagnosis (e.g. multiple sclerosis, stroke, ALS, Parkinson, dementia)
3. On-going cancer
4. Pregnancy or pregnancy-related disorders
5. Scheduled for surgery or recent surgery or fracture within the last 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patients' assessment of their condition measured by Global perceived effect (GPE), a seven-point Likert scale, at 3, 6 and 12 months. The GPE scale will be dichotomized as improved” (score 1-2) or unchanged/worse (score 3-7).<br>2. Clinically important improvement in function, measured by the Patient Specific Function Scale (PSFS; 0-10), where a 30% change is defined as a Minimal clinically important difference (MCID). PSFS will be measured at baseline, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method