ConnecTBack Trial – Creating Team-Based care for a new primary care model for low back pai

Not Applicable

• Conditions: ow back pain; Low back pain; Public Health - Health service research; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000918628
• Lead Sponsor: Macquarie University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 4 September 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1560

Inclusion Criteria

Practice inclusion criteria: The practice employs at least 3 GPs and at least 2 GPs from the practice are willing to participate; the practice has at least 3,000 active patients; and the practice can accommodate a trial MSK clinician to coordinate patient treatment.

GP inclusion criteria: GP works in an eligible practice and the GP is willing for their practice to be randomised to the intervention or usual care arm.

Patient inclusion criteria: adults (18 years and older) with LBP (with or without associated leg pain) of any duration, who can read, write, and speak in English. LBP is defined as pain between the 12th rib and the buttock crease.

Exclusion Criteria

Practice exclusion criteria: The practice already has an integrated MSK clinician (physiotherapist or chiropractor) onsite.

GP exclusion criteria: working in a practice that already has a physiotherapist/chiropractor integrated into the team.

Patient exclusion criteria: known or suspected serious pathology as the cause of LBP (e.g. cancer, infection or fracture) or neurodegenerative disease, or inability to complete the scheduled follow-ups over 1-year. We have excluded non-English speaking patients due to the cost burden of employing interpreters at each of the 20 primary care sites.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified