MedPath

An investigation of current practice to inform a draft therapy care package for people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, for use by therapists in community settings

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Registration Number
ISRCTN16917807
Lead Sponsor
niversity of the West of England
Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1764 (added 30/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
92
Inclusion Criteria

Work Package 2:
1. Patient Interviews: Patients diagnosed with CRPS according to the Budapest diagnostic criteria (Harden et al., 2010) and who are engaging with, or have engaged with CRPS care in a therapy service in England
2. Therapist Interviews: Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and hand therapists working in England in non-specialist and specialist CRPS practice settings

Work Package 3:
3. Physiotherapists / occupational therapists / hand therapists working in England with people with CRPS in specialist CRPS practice settings.
4. Patients diagnosed with CRPS according to the Budapest diagnostic criteria (Harden et al. 2010) and who are engaging with CRPS care in a therapy service in England.

Work Package 4:
5. Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and hand therapists working in England with people with CRPS in specialist and non-specialist settings.
6. Patients diagnosed with CRPS according to the Budapest diagnostic criteria and who are engaging or have engaged with CRPS care in a therapy service in England.
7. Representatives from Integrated Care Systems with responsibility for the planning and provision of musculoskeletal and pain services in England.

Exclusion Criteria

Work Package 2:
1. Therapists and other health care professionals not working in England.
2. Therapist and other health care professionals not connected with delivery of care for people with CRPS.
3. Patients where receipt of therapy for CRPS is/was not in England.
4. Participants without access to either a PC/tablet/mobile device/telephone.

Work Package 3:
5. Therapists and other health care professionals not working in England.
6. Therapists and other health care professionals not connected with delivery of care for people with CRPS.
7. Patients where receipt of therapy is not in England.

Work Package 4:
8. Therapists, commissioners, and other health care professionals not working in England, or connected with delivery of care for people with CRPS.
9. Patients where receipt of therapy for CRPS is/was not in England
10. Potential participants without access to either a PC/tablet/mobile device/telephone.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The perceptions and practices of therapists who manage people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome will be collected via semi-structured interviews and clinical observations.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. The perceptions of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome regarding their experiences of therapy will be collected via semi-structured interviews.<br>2. The components of a draft therapy care package for use by the therapists in the community will be achieved via consensus methods using nominal group techniques in an iterative series of stakeholder events
© Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved by MedPath