Reconceptualising patient-reported outcome measures for back pai
- Conditions
- Back pain management by chiropractors in private settingsMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN82172279
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Southampton
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Chiropractors:
1. Be registered with the General Chiropractic Council
2. Speak and read English fluently, as the PROM used within this study has not been translated into other languages and independently assessed for validity and reliability
3. Be able to comply with all study procedures
Patients:
1. Be at least 16 years old. Due to the biological and psychological differences between children, adolescents and adults, children and adolescents have been excluded from the scope of this project
2. Speak and read English fluently. As with the chiropractors, the inclusion criteria of speaking and reading English fluently has been set so study participants may coherently understand the questions in the PROMs used in the study
3. Be a private patient presenting to the musculoskeletal clinic
4. Present to the clinic with self-reported back pain
Chiropractors:
1. Chiropractors who are not registered with the General Chiropractic Council
2. Chiropractors who cannot speak and read English fluently
Patients:
1. Patients who are under 16 years old
2. Patients who cannot speak and read English fluently
3. NHS patients presenting to the musculoskeletal clinic
4. Patients who do not have self-reported back pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Back pain (physical functioning and disability) measured with the Roland-Morris Questionnaire at baseline and 90 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method