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Triaging Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders Directly to Physiotherapists at Primary Health Care Clinics.

NCT02218749 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2019-04-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether initial triaging to physiotherapists of patients with musculoskeletal disorders who seek health care from primary care clinics affects the patients health and/or health care utilization differently than initial consultation with a general practitioner.

Conditions

  • Musculoskeletal Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Initially triaged to physiotherapist

OTHER

Initially triaged to physician

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Närhälsan Primary care Research and Development

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Göteborg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lena Bornhöft, MSc, RPT · Göteborg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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