Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients

NCT ID: NCT06175884

Last Updated: 2024-10-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

69 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-15

Study Completion Date

2025-03-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Sixty-nine (69) patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder will participate. They will be randomly divided into three groups, each consisting of thirty-three (33) patients. One group (Experimental- Good communication skills) will watch the video in which physiotherapist will develop qualities of good communication while he explains about chronic musculoskeletal pain, the other group (Experimental- Poor communication skills ) will view the video in which the physiotherapist imparts information and explains chronic pain without enhancing his communication skills and lastly, the control group (control) that will not view any video.

Conditions

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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Good communication skills

Participants will watch a video about the pain neuroscience education in which physiotherapist will develop qualities of good communication while he will be giving information and explanation about chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video about pain neuroscience education with enhancing communication skills

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.

Poor communication skills

Participants will watch a video about the pain neuroscience education in which physiotherapist will not develop qualities of good communication while he will be giving information and explanation about chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video about pain neuroscience education without enhancing communication skills

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will not show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.

Control

Participants will not watch any video

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Video about pain neuroscience education with enhancing communication skills

Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.

Intervention Type OTHER

Video about pain neuroscience education without enhancing communication skills

Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will not show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants should speak and understand the Greek language, as the questionnaires and the video will be in Greek
* Participants should experience pain in one of the following four different areas: cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder
* Pain of musculoskeletal origin
* Pain lasting more than 3 months, evident on most days of the week to be classified as chronic pain, with a pain intensity of at least 3/10 Numeric Pain Rating Scale.

Exclusion Criteria

* Medication for neurological/psychiatric disorders
* Pain medication on the day agreed upon with the researcher, in order to minimize the potential influence of medication
* Undergoing surgery in the last six months
* Pregnancy or childbirth before 1 year
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Thessaly

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Konstantina Savvoulidou

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Eleni Kapreli

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Thessaly

Locations

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University of Thessaly

Lamia, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Greece

Central Contacts

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Konstantina Savvoulidou

Role: CONTACT

+30 223 106 0235

Facility Contacts

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Eleni Kapreli, PhD

Role: primary

Konstantina Savvoulidou, MSc

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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