An evaluation of medical students’ judgment-making of chronic lower back pain cases
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Signs and SymptomsChronic Lower Back Pain
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53670726
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre for Pain Research
- Brief Summary
2016 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231000 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31846024/ (added 04/03/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 34
Inclusion Criteria
Current GP Trainee or medical student (year 3-5)
Exclusion Criteria
Do not meet the inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Judgement is measured using online tools according to responses to fictional case studies after the intervention<br> 2. Judgment speed (response time) is measured in milliseconds as the length of time from the moment a case appeared on screen until a response (i.e. identifying, from 1-10, future risk of disability) is clicked via the mouse<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Flags Approach knowledge is assessed using a multiple choice question test immediately before and after the intervention<br> 2. Biomedical/biopsychosocial approach to chronic lower back pain is measured using the pain attitudes & beliefs scale (PABS) immediately before and after the intervention<br> 3. Empathy is measured using the interpersonal reactivity index (IRI) immediately before and after the intervention<br>