HEalth literacy in Low back Pain – the HELP! media intervention study.

Not Applicable

Conditions: ow Back Pain
Low Back Pain
Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Registration Number: ACTRN12623000139673

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sydney

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot yet recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 1410

Inclusion Criteria

GP clinic inclusion criteria:
- Tonic Health Media subscribers
- Practice contains 4 or more General Practitioners

Participant Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 or older
- Any underlying medical condition
- Attending GP for a new episode of care for any health condition as indicated on the screening survey
- Willing to complete online surveys

Exclusion Criteria

GP clinic exclusion criteria:
- Practice does not subscribe to or broadcast Tonic Health Media public health messages to patients in waiting room

Participant exclusion criteria:
- Unable to understand English written language
- Not a patient of the practice
- Prior completion of the study surveys as indicated by the screening survey

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Beliefs about Back Pain using the Back Pain Beliefs Questionnaire [ The Back Pain Beliefs Questionnaire will be collected while the participant attends the GP practice at a single timepoint/participant interaction after the intervention video has been viewed. There is no restriction on the timing of data collection relative to the intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes at the participant level include attitudes about back pain using the 20-item Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire.<br>[ The 20-item Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire will be collected after the participant has viewed the intervention video while attending the GP clinic. There will be no restrictions on the duration of time between viewing the intervention video and completing the online questionnaire. ];Secondary outcomes for the GP-level data will include count-based data on the prescription of medications, referrals for diagnostic imaging, specialist care, and to allied health practitioners. Data will be collected during the usual course of GP care and updated on their data system.[ The GP count-based data will be collected using the GP data capture software over a 12-month period (3 months prior to, during, and 3 months following the intervention period). Data will be extracted at a single time point and analysed as the pre, mid, and post intervention GP data.<br>]