Investigating the Effect of an Information Video for Neck Injuries in a Emergency Department Setting

Whiplash Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of an Information Video in a Acute Whiplash Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02570659
• Other study ID #: Erics Whiplash RCT
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 1, 2015
• Last updated: November 16, 2017
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Karolinska Institutet
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate the effect of a information video, consisting of a multiprofessional team, on patients with acute Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD).

Description:

Patients seeking medical care at Södersjukhuset Hospital, Sweden, after a motor vehicle accident resulting in neck trauma are offered to be included in the study. Inclusion criterias involve spine fractures, need for in house care, <18<65 years of age and low knowledge of the Swedish language.

A randomization is performed with two arms, one being "treatment as usual" i.e. an information folder with physiotherapeutic exercises, the other one being the Information Video.

The patients are contacted per telephone and a questionnaire with baseline data is sent via e-mail within a week after the accident. They also receive a link to the websites with the information.

The follow up time is 6 months and after that the patients receive a new questionnaire with questions regarding neck-specific status (WDQ), health related quality of life (SF-12) and pain.

The primary outcome is level of pain (NRS)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 240
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Knowledge of the swedish language

• Traffic injury with neck pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fractures

• In house care needed

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Whiplash Injuries
• Whiplash Syndrome

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Information Video
A 14 minutes intervention video explaining the mechanism of the injury from cross-professional point of view and physiotherapeutic advise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Eric Rydman	Stockholm

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain	Self reported pain the last three days (NRS)	6 months
Secondary	Whiplash Disability Questionnaire (WDQ)		6 months
Secondary	SF-12	Health related quality of life	6 months