Efficacy of Educating Physical Therapists in the Treatment of Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain
2017年10月24日 更新者：Rodrigo Rossi Nogueira Rizzo、Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
Efficacy of Educating Physical Therapists on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Pain Management in the Treatment of Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of this trial is to investigate if patients treated by physical therapists who received an update on clinical practice guidelines and pain management have better outcomes than patients treated by physical therapists who did not received such training.
研究概览
详细说明
The training "Update on the treatment of patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain" will be announced in the social network by members of the study. Interested physical therapists will send an email to one of the study authors with their information regarding the inclusion criteria. After two months of notice, interested and eligible physiotherapists will be randomized into two groups of 15 participants each.
The study arms are: 1) control group (physical therapist who will not receive training) and 2) experimental group (physical therapist who will receive training). Before and after training, attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about low back pain guidelines will be evaluated.
Each physical therapist will recruit for the study a total of fifteen consecutive patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (total sample=150 patients). All the patients will be assessed before the first session by a blinded examiner who will be unaware about the group allocation.
Clinical outcomes (pain, disability, fear avoidance beliefs and pain catastrophizing) will be collected at baseline and at 5 weeks, 3 and 6 months after randomization. All statistical analysis will be conducted following the principles of intention to treat analysis and the between-group differences will be performed using Mixed Linear Models.
研究类型
介入性
阶段
- 不适用
参与标准
研究人员寻找符合特定描述的人，称为资格标准。这些标准的一些例子是一个人的一般健康状况或先前的治疗。
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
18年 至 65年 (成人、年长者)
接受健康志愿者
不
有资格学习的性别
全部
描述
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients seeking care for chronic non-specific low back pain (defined as pain or discomfort between the costal margins and the inferior gluteal folds, with or without referred symptoms in the lower limbs, for at least 3 months), with a pain intensity of at least 3 points measured by a 0-10 pain numerical rating scale, aged between 18 and 65 years.
- physiotherapists who treat exclusively patients with musculoskeletal pain, duly accredited by the National Council of Physical Therapy, physiotherapists offering private or medical insurance treatment individually to their patients, lasting 50-60 minutes each session, physiotherapists from 2 to five years of graduation and / or working in the area for the same period, that treat at least 2 patients with low back pain per month, and who are willing to treat at least 10 patients for the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients will be excluded if they have any contraindication to physical exercise or ultrasound or short wave therapy, evidence of nerve root compromise (i.e one or more of motor, reflex or sensation deficit), serious spinal pathology (such as fracture, tumor, inflammatory and infectious diseases), serious cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, previous back surgery and pregnancy.
- physiotherapists who want to stop the activities for some reason that prevents participation in the study
学习计划
本节提供研究计划的详细信息，包括研究的设计方式和研究的衡量标准。
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
- 主要用途：治疗
- 分配：随机化
- 介入模型：并行分配
- 屏蔽：双倍的
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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有源比较器：Untrained Physical Therapists
The patients allocated to the Control group will be treated by physical therapists who did not receive any training about clinical practice guidelines and pain management.
These patients will receive the usual care from their physical therapists.
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The patients allocated to the Control group will be treated by physical therapists who did not carry out the training before treatment.
The physical therapists will use their usual care for nonspecific chronic low back pain.
Patients will receive 10 sessions of treatment over a period of five weeks (two sessions/week).
Each treatment session has an estimated duration of 50-60 minutes.
其他名称：
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实验性的：Trained Physical Therapists
The patients allocated to the Experimental group will be treated by physical therapists who received training about clinical practice guidelines and pain management.
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The patients allocated to the Experimental group will be treated by physical therapists who carried out the training before treatment.
The training will be designed to guide the physical therapists beliefs and attitudes to a biopsychosocial model; update knowledge contained in clinical practice guidelines; and enable physical therapists to identify, integrate and address psychosocial factors in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain.
Patients will receive 10 sessions of treatment over a period of five weeks (two sessions/week).
Each treatment session has an estimated duration of 50-60 minutes.
其他名称：
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Pain intensity (Pain NRS)
大体时间：5 weeks after randomization
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Pain Intensity will be measured by an 11-point (0-10) Numerical Rating Scale (Pain NRS)
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5 weeks after randomization
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Disability (24-item Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire)
大体时间：5 weeks after randomization
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Disability will be measured by the 24-item Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
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5 weeks after randomization
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Pain intensity (Pain NRS)
大体时间：3 and 6 months after randomization
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Pain Intensity will be measured by an 11-point (0-10) Numerical Rating Scale (Pain NRS)
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3 and 6 months after randomization
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Disability ( 24-item Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire)
大体时间：3 and 6 months after randomization
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Disability will be measured by the 24-item Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
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3 and 6 months after randomization
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Fear Avoidance Beliefs (FABQ)
大体时间：5 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after randomization
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Fear avoidance belief will be measured by the 16-item Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FABQ)
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5 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after randomization
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Pain Catastrophizing (PCS)
大体时间：5 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after randomization
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Pain Catastrophizing will be measured by the 13-item Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)
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5 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after randomization
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其他结果措施
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Pain attitudes and beliefs for physiotherapists (PABS.PT)
大体时间：Baseline and 5 weeks after randomization
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Pain Attitudes and Beliefs will be measured by the 19-item Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS.PT)
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Baseline and 5 weeks after randomization
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Adherence to guidelines for physiotherapists (0-100% Low Back Pain Vignettes)
大体时间：Baseline and 5 weeks after randomization
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Adherence to guidelines for physiotherapist will be measured by the 0-100% Low Back Pain Vignettes
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Baseline and 5 weeks after randomization
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合作者和调查者
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研究记录日期
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研究主要日期
学习开始
2015年5月1日
初级完成 (预期的)
2016年7月1日
研究完成 (预期的)
2016年7月1日
研究注册日期
首次提交
2015年4月7日
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
2015年4月10日
首次发布 (估计)
2015年4月15日
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
2017年10月26日
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
2017年10月24日
最后验证
2017年10月1日
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