Access trial: Clinical and cost outcomes of public versus private physiotherapy for low back pai
- Conditions
- ow back painMusculoskeletal DiseasesDorsalgia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN96155881
- Lead Sponsor
- Health Research Board (HRB) (Ireland)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
1. Male or female
2. Aged 18 to 65 years
3. Low back pain defined as pain radiation into the buttock and/or one or both lower limbs for at least 3 weeks
4. Referral by a general practitioner for physiotherapy treatment of low back pain
1. Reflex and/or motor signs of nerve root, spinal cord or cauda equina compression as urgent surgical opinion is required for these patients
2. Recent spinal fracture as clinical outcomes are likely to be different and some treatment approaches may be contraindicated due to recent fracture, e.g. spinal manipulation
3. Physiotherapy for LBP in the previous 12 months as clinical outcomes are likely to be different with possible carry over effect of previous treatment
4. Medicolegal proceedings as clinical outcomes are likely to be different
5. History of psychological/psychiatric illness due to potential negative influence on patient outcomes
6. Lack of fluency in English which may limit patients? ability to complete questionnaires
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post-randomisation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post-randomisation:<br>1. 36-item Short Form health survey (version 2)<br>2. Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire<br>3. Back Beliefs Questionnaire<br>4. Euroqol Questionnaire<br>5. Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Satisfaction Survey<br>6. Global Perceived Improvement Scale