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Collaborative Clinical Reasoning: Perceptions and Practices of General Practitioners, Physical Therapists, and Patients With Low Back Pain in Primary Care

7 september 2026 bijgewerkt door: Université Catholique de Louvain

Low back pain is a major health problem in primary care and is associated with a substantial clinical, economic, and societal burden. Although evidence-based recommendations are available, its management remains heterogeneous, poorly coordinated, and often characterized by overmedicalization. In this context, interprofessional collaboration has been identified as a means of improving primary care but does not necessarily ensure a shared understanding of clinical situations. Collaborative Clinical Reasoning (CCR), defined as the process of developing a shared mental model among healthcare professionals and patient partners, remains insufficiently explored in primary care.

This exploratory qualitative study aims to explore the representations and definitions of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning among general practitioners, physiotherapists, and patient partners with low back pain in French-speaking Belgium. It also aims to examine how CCR is implemented in primary care practice and to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to its implementation.

Data will be collected through separate focus groups involving general practitioners, physiotherapists, and patient partners with low back pain. Qualitative data will be analyzed using inductive reflexive thematic analysis.

Studie Overzicht

Toestand

Werving

Conditie

Interventie / Behandeling

Studietype

Ingrijpend

Inschrijving (Geschat)

225

Fase

  • Niet toepasbaar

Contacten en locaties

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Studiecontact

Studie Contact Back-up

Studie Locaties

  • België
    • Brussels Capital
      • Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, België, 1200

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

  • Volwassen
  • Oudere volwassene

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Nee

Beschrijving

Inclusion Criteria:

A. General Practitioners

  1. Be a general practitioner or a physician in postgraduate training in general practice.
  2. Practice general medicine in French-speaking Belgium.
  3. Practice general medicine in primary care.

B. Physiotherapists

  1. Be a physiotherapist.
  2. Practice physiotherapy in French-speaking Belgium.
  3. Practice physiotherapy in primary care.

C. Patients with low back pain

  1. Age ≥18 years.
  2. Have low back pain (pain between the lower margin of the ribs and the gluteal fold, with or without pain in one or both legs).
  3. Have consulted both a general practitioner and a physiotherapist for this condition in primary care in French-speaking Belgium.

Exclusion Criteria:

A. General Practitioners

1. Be on sick leave during the study (e.g., work incapacity)

B. Physiotherapists

  1. Practice exclusively in a nursing home or a nursing home with skilled nursing care.
  2. Be on sick leave during the study (e.g., work incapacity).

C. Patients with low back pain

  1. Have a known specific lumbar pathology (e.g., fracture, infection, cancer, lumbar radiculopathy, etc).
  2. Have a known general condition that may explain the low back pain (e.g., fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, rheumatologic disease, etc).
  3. Have undergone back surgery within the past 12 months.
  4. Be pregnant or have had a known pregnancy within the past 12 months.
  5. Reside in a nursing home or a nursing home with skilled nursing care.

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

  • Primair doel: Onderzoek naar gezondheidsdiensten
  • Toewijzing: NVT
  • Interventioneel model: Opdracht voor een enkele groep
  • Masker: Geen (open label)

Wapens en interventies

Deelnemersgroep / Arm
Interventie / Behandeling
Ander: General Practitioners, Physiotherapists, and Patients with non-specific low back
Ander: Focus groups and deliberative workshop
General practitioners, physiotherapists, and patients will first participate in separate focus groups for each stakeholder group. A subsequent mixed deliberative workshop will bring together participants from the three stakeholder groups to discuss and refine the findings.

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Participants' representations and definitions of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning, identified through reflexive thematic analysis.
Tijdsspanne: From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.
Participants' representations and definitions of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning will be explored through qualitative data collected during separate focus groups with general practitioners, physiotherapists, and patients with non-specific low back pain, as well as during a subsequent deliberative workshop bringing together these three participant groups.
From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Enactment of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning in primary care practice, identified through reflexive thematic analysis.
Tijdsspanne: From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.
The enactment of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning in primary care practice will be explored through qualitative data collected during separate focus groups with general practitioners, physiotherapists, and patients with non-specific low back pain, as well as during a subsequent deliberative workshop bringing together these three participant groups.
From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.
Barriers and facilitators to the enactment of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning in primary care practice, identified through reflexive thematic analysis.
Tijdsspanne: From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.
Barriers and facilitators influencing the enactment of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning in primary care practice will be explored through qualitative data collected during separate focus groups with general practitioners, physiotherapists, and patients with non-specific low back pain, as well as during a subsequent deliberative workshop bringing together these three participant groups.
From the initial focus groups to the subsequent deliberative workshop, over an estimated 15-month data collection period.

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Sponsor

Université Catholique de Louvain

Studie record data

Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.

Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start (Geschat)

1 september 2026

Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)

1 december 2027

Studie voltooiing (Geschat)

1 december 2027

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

24 augustus 2026

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

31 augustus 2026

Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)

3 september 2026

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)

10 september 2026

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

7 september 2026

Laatst geverifieerd

1 september 2026

Meer informatie

Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie

Trefwoorden

Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden

Andere studie-ID-nummers

  • RCC

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