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Conditions
Brief summary
Thousands of older Australians with hip, knee and low back pain are referred for surgical consultation, wait extended periods without alternative evidence-based care, and 75% have three or more chronic disease risks (e.g., overweight, smoker). We previously found a Healthy Lifestyle program for Pain (HeLP) reduced disability and improved quality of life. Now we seek to test the best method to scale up the program. We will test if an Individual Self-Paced training model is as effective as a Group Training model on the use of HeLP in physiotherapy settings. We expect to find similar results between groups.
Interventions
Eligible and consenting physiotherapists will be provided one of two training models to inform a larger-scale implementation strategy for capacity building of community clinicians. Both models will be completed within four weeks of baseline data collection. The intervention is an Individual self-paced training model (approx duration 2 hours). Participants will be provided with access to an online dashboard/folder containing all the training modules. The modules/resources are currently under development for this study. The individual self-paced training model includes: - Clinician education about HeLP, which will provide clinicians with theoretical knowledge of the relationship between musculoskeletal conditions, pain, falls, and chronic disease risks. - Behaviour change communication skills training, based on Healthy Conversation Skills - Audit and feedback of HeLP delivery for clinicians 2-4 weeks post-training - Resource- HeLP booklet (for patients) - Resource- Behaviour change skills infographic - Access to HeLP mentor for six months. The HeLP mentor is a HeLP-trained clinician (physiotherapist or chiropractor) with over 10 years of clinical experience. A number of strategies will be used to assess/monitor adherence to the intervention (e.g., fidelity checklists, training completion status), see outcomes for further details.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
- Clinicians from public or private physiotherapy services that agree to undertake HeLP training - Able to participate in clinician training sessions - Regularly see clients (at least two per week) with musculoskeletal conditions (hip, knee or low back pain).
Exclusion criteria
- No specific exclusion criteria