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- Clinical Trial NCT04377529
Evaluating the Impact of a Champion on Implementation of the Back Skills Training (BeST) Program in Canada
Evaluating the Impact of a Champion on Implementation of the Back Skills Training (BeST) Program in Canada: a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study Protocol
There is global recognition in clinical guidelines and governing bodies that low back pain (LBP) should be managed with a biopsychosocial approach. Despite this, research indicates that physiotherapists, who treat the majority of LBP patients in the community, do not feel confident in using this treatment approach. Previous work to support implementation in this field has resulted in low uptake and has highlighted several barriers to implementation, including the need for additional ongoing support. The use of a local champion to support implementation has been successful in other fields and thus, represents a viable strategy to explore. Before undertaking a fully powered trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a champion for implementation, a pilot study is being conducted to determine the feasibility of the intervention as well as determining the feasibility of using a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate it.
In this study, a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial design will be used with an embedded qualitative interview study. Physiotherapists will be recruited who manage LBP in any publicly funded physiotherapy departments within Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Individual sites will be grouped into clusters based on their number of full-time physiotherapists, geography, and organisational relationships. All participants will be asked to complete a previously developed online training course to upskill them to deliver a biopsychosocial evidence-based intervention for LBP. Clusters randomised to receive a local champion will receive additional support from their champion. A basic champion training package has been developed based on known barriers in the literature. This will be tailored by co-developing aspects with study champions based on a comprehensive assessment of perceived implementation barriers using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behaviour (COM-B) model. A range of physiotherapist-level outcomes pre-post training will be measured and implementation of the evidence based biopsychosocial intervention will be monitored during a 6-month period after completion of the online training. After this 6-month period, a purposive sample of physiotherapists from each cluster who had both implemented and failed to implement the biopsychosocial intervention will be interviewed.
Study Overview
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Amanda M Hall, PhD
- Phone Number: 709-777-2958
- Email: Amanda.Hall@med.mun.ca
Study Locations
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, NL A1B 3V6
- Health Science Centre
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any publicly funded physiotherapy department within Newfoundland and Labrador working with adult patients with LBP are eligible to participate.
- Clinical leads need to be able to identify at least one champion at each site should they be allocated to the champion arm. We defined a champion as a physiotherapist in the musculoskeletal outpatient department who i) could commit the additional time for training, ii) would be willing to provide support to their peers at the sites within their cluster and iii) demonstrates enthusiasm about intervention to manager.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Physiotherapy departments who do not treat adult patients with LBP will be excluded.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Other
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Back Skills Training Champion
In additional to access to the online provider Back Skills Training course, participants in clusters randomised to this arm will receive additional support from a local champion.
The local champion will have received additional training and support on the implementation of the Back Skills Training intervention from the study team.
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Local champions (physiotherapists) will co-develop the champion training support based on a comprehensive behavioural analysis, previous implementation work and evidence-based theory.
The study team will provide this training and support to the champions, who will then provide additional support to their peers participating in the study.
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Active Comparator: No Champion
Participants in clusters randomised to this arm will not receive any additional training or support beyond access to the online provider Back Skills Training course.
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Local champions (physiotherapists) will co-develop the champion training support based on a comprehensive behavioural analysis, previous implementation work and evidence-based theory.
The study team will provide this training and support to the champions, who will then provide additional support to their peers participating in the study.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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% of target recruitment reached (champions)
Time Frame: 6 months post-intervention
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We aim to recruit at least 1 champion from each cluster.
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6 months post-intervention
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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% of physiotherapists implementing the Back Skills Training intervention
Time Frame: 6-months post intervention
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6-months post intervention
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Qualitative analysis of barriers to both the champion training intervention and the Back Skills Training intervention
Time Frame: 6-months post intervention
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Individual semi-structured interviews
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6-months post intervention
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Satisfaction with champion training
Time Frame: Immediately post-intervention and at 6-months post-intervention
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A single item satisfaction score on a 5-point scale with 1=very unsatisfied and 5=very satisfied
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Immediately post-intervention and at 6-months post-intervention
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Usefulness of the champion training
Time Frame: Immediately post-intervention and at 6-months post-intervention
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A single item usefulness score on a 5-point scale with 1=very unacceptable and 5=very acceptable
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Immediately post-intervention and at 6-months post-intervention
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% of champions remaining at the end of the study follow-up period
Time Frame: 6-months post intervention
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6-months post intervention
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% of patients with low back pain who received the BeST intervention in each cluster
Time Frame: 6-months post intervention
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6-months post intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 20190025
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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