What is the feasibility of testing a vertebral fracture screening tool in a real-world primary care setting?

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• Conditions: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Osteoporosis with pathological fracture

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18000119
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bristol

Brief Summary

2024 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-023-01364-1 (added 07/02/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 July 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

WP1: Recruitment of general practices only - no individual patients
1. General practices willing to take part in research within the Bristol area

WP2: nested qualitative assessment of acceptability - recruitment of patients and healthcare professionals
Inclusion criteria for patients:
1. Female aged >65 years
2. Had Vfrac used during a consultation for back pain
3. Patient is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in this nested evaluation

Inclusion criteria for healthcare professionals:
1. Used Vfrac during a consultation for back pain OR were involved in the implementation of Vfrac within IT systems or clinical pathways within one of the three intervention practices
2. Healthcare professional is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in this nested evaluation

Exclusion Criteria

WP1: Recruitment of general practices only - no individual patients
Does not meet the inclusion criteria

WP2: nested qualitative assessment of acceptability - recruitment of patients and healthcare professionals
Exclusion criteria for patients:
1. Has not had Vfrac used during a consultation for back pain
2. Patients who do not have the capacity to provide informed consent. Capacity to consent will be assessed by the researcher, in consultation with clinical members of the study team (EC). This is in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/policies-standards-legislation/mental-capacity-act/).
3. Participants who are unwilling to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria for healthcare professionals:
1. Participants who are unwilling to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified