Knowledge Beliefs and Expectations of Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients About Their Physiotherapy Program

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

• Registration Number: NCT05707559
• Lead Sponsor: University of Thessaly

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, beliefs and expectations of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain about their physiotherapy program and the relationship that they built with physiotherapists.

Detailed Description

The main questions of this study are:

Have patients with chronic pain educated in pain? To what extent physiotherapists use appropriate communication skills and show empathy? What expectations do the patients have of their rehabilitation program?

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-01
• Study Start: 2023-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2024-11-11
• Study Completion: 2024-12-30
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 278

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain more than 3 months and intensity more than 3/10 VAS.
• Greek speaking patients
• patients who are following or followed a physiotherapy treatment for their pain

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge about their pain	Baseline	Fourteen questions about history of pain (e.g. intense, duration, area, other symptoms, radiation, previous history, diagnosis)
Pain (Neuroscience) Education	Baseline	Patients will be asked whether they have received any education or explanation about their conditions from a healthcare professional (e.g. What have they learned about their pain? What do they know about pain neuroscience education? Whether it was explained to them and how understanding pain helped them?)
Demographic characteristics	Baseline	Questions will include participants' demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age, education, employment status)
Patient's Experience about healthcare professional's communication skills	Baseline	Seventeen questions on a five point Likert scale (1=never, 2= rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always). Questions adapted by the Calgary-Cambridge observation guide that delineates and structures the skills which aid doctor-patient communication.
Patient's Expectations	Baseline	Four questions regarding patients' expectations for chronic pain management

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Thessaly; 🇬🇷 Lamia, Greece