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Investigation of a Physiotherapist and Nurse Practitioner Intervention for Chronic Low Back Disorders Delivered Through Telehealth

NCT02225535 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2018-10-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to compare "usual care" for chronic low back disorders in a rural setting (nurse practitioner/NP) to two different means of integrating Physical Therapy (PT) into a rural health care team:

1. in-person PT assessment, where the PT travels from an urban center
2. interprofessional Telehealth assessment where the local NP is joined by a PT via Telehealth.

The project will evaluate health, systems and process outcomes, comparative effectiveness and costs of the three methods of assessment. The hypothesis is that an interprofessional Telehealth assessment with be as effective as an in-person PT assessment, but more effective than usual care.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

NP face to face management of Chronic Low Back Pain

usual NP management of chronic low back disorder

OTHER

PT face to face management of Chronic Low Back Pain

Includes manual therapy, education, exercise

OTHER

Interprofessional Videoconferencing for Chronic Low Back Pain

Includes manual therapy, education, exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ralston Brothers Grant (Kelsey Trail Health Region)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Saskatchewan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brenna Bath, PhD · School of Physical Therapy, University of Saskatchewan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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