Topic: Primary Care, Musculoskeletal disorders, Ageing
Conditions
Interventions
Participants are randomly allocated to one of three study arms.
Control arm: Participants will continue to be managed via usual care but will be posted a copy of the pain toolkit, whi
Sponsors
University of Keele
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults aged 65 years and over 2. Consulted at their general practice for musculoskeletal pain in one or more index sites (foot, knee, hip, back, shoulder or neck) in the last 12 months 3. Registered with one of the participating GP practices during the specified trial period for that practice 4. Chronic Pain Grade score of between 2 to 4, determined through a brief postal chronic pain screening survey 5. Able to provide full, informed, written consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Traumatic injury related pain (recent sports injury, fall or accident) to rule out traumatic fractures 2. Patients with complex medical conditions deemed at risk of exerciserelated complications by their GP (e.g. chest pain on exertion, severe hypertension, congestive heart failure, syncope, uncontrolled epilepsy, recent fracture, active and severe synovitis) 3. Vulnerable patients (i.e. patients with significant cognitive impairment (e.g. dementia), or in palliative stage of care) 4. Patients who reside in a residential or nursing home
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Acceptability and feasibility of training the HCAs and delivery of the iPOPP intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactJacqueline Gray
Outcome results
None listed