Access to Chiropractic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: Access to Chiropractic Care Services
• Interventions: Other: Chiropractic care

• Registration Number: NCT04666779
• Lead Sponsor: Real Centro Universitario Maria Cristina

Brief Summary

This is a prospective comparative cohort trial taking place during the first year of the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Spain. Chiropractic patients throughout Spain were invited to participate independently of the care received, including patients who had stopped visiting their chiropractors since the pandemic hit. The main exposure variable is the access to chiropractic care services, and the degree of this exposure during the months following initial lockdown phase in Spain. Participants will fill an online questionnaire with self-reported outcome-measures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-12-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-11
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-14
• Study Start: 2020-12-18
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-21
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-14
• Study Completion: 2021-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 399

Inclusion Criteria

• chiropractic patients with pain, active when lockdown was declared, over the age of 16

Exclusion Criteria

• new patients in the clinic after the pandemic hit

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Access to care	Chiropractic care	Group with access to care in a 6 months period. Differences in the degree of access, measured in ranges of numbers of visits, will be used as independent variable within this group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain frequency	6 months	Ranges: Constant, every day, every week, occasionally
Pain intensity	6 months	Numerical Rating Scale (0-10, 0=no pain, 10=maximum pain)
Pain interference	6 months	From the Brief Pain Inventory (7 items, 0-10: 0= minimal score, 70=maximal score)
Pain duration	6 months	Duration of pain symptoms, PREVIOUS to the study, measured in months (up to 3 months, more than 3 months)
Pain perceived improvement	6 months	Categories: New pain, worsened, no change, improv, gone
Pain Catastrophizing Scale	6 months	Validated questionnaire (short version 4 items, 1-4: 4= minimal score, 16=maximal score)
Tampa Scale Kinesiophobia	6 months	Validated questionnaire (short version 11 items, 0-3: 0=minimal score, 33=maximal score)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
General Anxiety Disorder scale	6 months	Validated questionnaire (7 items , 1-3: 1= minimal score, 21=maximal score)
Fear of Illness and Virus Evaluation	6 months	Questionnaire (12 items, 1-4: 1=minimal score, 48=maximal score)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Real Centro Universitario María Cristina; 🇪🇸 San Lorenzo De El Escorial, Madrid, Spain