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

March 16, 2025 updated by: Konstantina Savvoulidou, University of Thessaly
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed 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?

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

278

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Greece
      • Lamia, Greece, 35132
        • University of Thessaly

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Thessaly

Investigators

  • Study Director: Eleni Kapreli, PhD, University of Thessaly

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 21, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 11, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

December 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 20, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

February 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 16, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • N8

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Canada

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe