Status:
COMPLETED
The PainSMART Research Program: Evaluating a Pain Education Strategy for Patients Seeking Primary Care Physiotherapy
Lead Sponsor:
Kajsa Johansson
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Research Council of South East Sweden (FORSS)
Conditions:
Pain
Pain Acute
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the PainSMART-strategy in a population of patients seeking primary care physiotherapy for pain related to muscles, joints and bones, so called musculoskeleta...
Detailed Description
For more detailed information about the study see the attached study protocol and the attached statistical analysis plan.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who, via telephone or online text-based triage, are judged to have benign MSKP and are booked for an initial physiotherapy consultation at one of the five participating physiotherapy departments
- Adult patients (18 years or older)
Exclusion
- Patients who are judged to require urgent medical examination due to suspected serious pathology (red flags)
- Patients who are booked to an initial physiotherapy consultation on the same day as, or the day directly following triage.
- Patients referred for physiotherapy following consultation with a tertiary care practitioner (e.g. orthopaedic surgeon, rheumatologist, neurologist)
- Patients who cannot communicate in Swedish to the equivalent of a 12-year-old native speaker (as judged by the triaging physiotherapist)
- Patients who, through visual impairments, are unable to complete the necessary questionnaires for the study
- Patients who are booked for an initial consultation with a physiotherapist who has not consented to taking part in the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 22 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 10 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
494 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06187428
Start Date
January 22 2024
End Date
March 10 2025
Last Update
June 12 2025
Active Locations (6)
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1
Bra Liv VC Tranås, Primary Care Physiotherapy department
Svärtinge, Jönköping County, Sweden, 60580
2
Rehab Finspång, Primary Care Physiotherapy department
Finspång, Östergötland County, Sweden, 612 25
3
Rörelse och Hälsa, Primary Care Physiotherapy department
Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden, 581 85
4
Linköping University
Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden, 58183