The effect of a targeted, theory-based intervention designed to increase the uptake of recommendations from a clinical practice guideline for the management of acute musculoskeletal pain, compared to receiving the clinical practice guideline alone, on percentage of plain x-ray referral by chiropractors and physiotherapists for people with acute non-specific low-back pain.

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine0 个研究点目标入组 2,720 人开始时间: 2009年11月25日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•Practices will be eligible for inclusion in the trial if (i) at least one chiropractor or physiotherapist provides written informed consent, (ii) the practice principal agrees to the practitioner/practice being involved in the cluster randomised controlled trial (C-RCT), (iii) the practice manager, where applicable, agrees to the practice being involved in the C-RCT, (iii) practice staff are willing to facilitate patient recruitment.
•Patient participants will be eligible for inclusion if (i) they attend a participating practice for acute non-specific LBP (duration of less than three months), (ii) provide written informed consent, (iii) are at least 18 years old, (iv) are able to write and understand English.

•Practices will be ineligible for inclusion in the trial if any of the chiropractors or physiotherapists at the practice are involved in the study Advisory Committee or have participated in Phase 1 interviews for the study.
•Patient participants will be ineligible for inclusion in the trial if (i) they are less than 18 years of age, (ii) are not able to give informed consent, (iii) the current episode of LBP has been present for more than three months. (iv) radicular leg pain is present, (v) they have had previous spinal surgery, (vi) red flags” are present alerting the possibility of serious conditions such as malignancy, infection or fracture, (vii) they are pregnant, (viii) they do not speak English.

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School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine