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

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05707559
• Other study ID #: N8
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: January 28, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: University of Thessaly
• Contact: Konstantina Savvoulidou
• Phone: +30 223 106 0176
• Email: ksavvoulidou[@]uth.gr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 384
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: May 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
• Musculoskeletal Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Greece	University of Thessaly	Lamia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Thessaly

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Greece, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Demographic characteristics	Questions will include participants' demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age, education, employment status)	Baseline
Primary	Knowledge about their pain	Fourteen questions about history of pain (e.g. intense, duration, area, other symptoms, radiation, previous history, diagnosis)	Baseline
Primary	Pain (Neuroscience) Education	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?)	Baseline
Primary	Patient's Experience about healthcare professional's communication skills	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.	Baseline
Primary	Patient's Expectations	Four questions regarding patients' expectations for chronic pain management	Baseline