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

No phase Interventional Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Video about pain neuroscience education with enhancing communication skills, Video about pain neuroscience education without enhancing communication skills.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Greece
Next step
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Official title

Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

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

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.

Interventions

  • Other 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.
  • 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.

Primary outcome measures

  • NPRS: Numeric Pain Rating Scale [Time frame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video]
  • PPT: Pressure Pain Threshold [Time frame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video]
Secondary outcome measures (9)
  • Pain Distribution [Time frame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video]
  • CSI: Central Sensitisation Inventory [Time frame: Baseline]
  • BIPQ: Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • STAI-40: State - Trait Anxiety Inventory [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • TSK: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • VES: Video Engagement Scale [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • Working Alliance Inventory - Short Revised (WAI-SR) [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]
  • Global Rating of Change Scales [Time frame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video]

Eligibility criteria

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

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Greece · 1 center
  • University of Thessaly — Lamia

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06175884 · 10

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗