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Register:	ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on:	12 December 2020
Main ID:	NCT02218749
Date of registration:	15/08/2014
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	Göteborg University
Public title:	Triaging Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders Directly to Physiotherapists at Primary Health Care Clinics.
Scientific title:	The Effects of Triaging Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders Directly to Physiotherapists at Primary Health Care Clinics: a Pilot Study and Randomized Controlled Trial.
Date of first enrolment:	August 2014
Target sample size:	55
Recruitment status:	Terminated
URL:	https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02218749
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor).
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment
Sweden

Contacts

Name:	Lena Bornhöft, MSc, RPT
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:	Göteborg University

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- seeking primary care clinic for musculoskeletal disorder

- age 16-67 years

- speaks enough Swedish or English to understand the patient information and complete
the questionnaires

- triage nurse judges it suitable to triage participant to physiotherapist

Exclusion Criteria:

- has received treatment at the clinic by physician or physiotherapist during the
preceding month for the same problem

- seeking for chronic musculoskeletal disorder with unchanged symptoms the latest 3
months and for which the patient has already tried physiotherapy

- seeking for help with medical aids other than crutches

- is in need of home care

- has been included in the study earlier

Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 67 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Intervention(s)

Other: Initially triaged to physician

Other: Initially triaged to physiotherapist

Primary Outcome(s)

Number of physician visits [Time Frame: 1 year]

Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) [Time Frame: 3 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale [Time Frame: 3 months]

Number of days of sick-leave [Time Frame: 1 year]

Number of physiotherapist visits [Time Frame: 1 year]

Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire [Time Frame: 1 year]

Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale [Time Frame: 1 year]

Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale [Time Frame: 3 months]

Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder [Time Frame: 1 year]

Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) [Time Frame: 1 year]

Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale [Time Frame: 6 months]

Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder [Time Frame: 6 months]

Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Number of referrals for external examinations and to specialists [Time Frame: 1 year]

Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale [Time Frame: 1 year]

Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D [Time Frame: 1 year]

Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D [Time Frame: 3 months]

Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire [Time Frame: 3 months]

Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale [Time Frame: 2 weeks]

Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder [Time Frame: 3 months]

Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]

Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale [Time Frame: 6 months]

Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) [Time Frame: 6 months]

Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D [Time Frame: 6 months]

Secondary ID(s)

VGFOUGSB-421881

148611

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Närhälsan Primary care Research and Development

Ethics review

Results

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