National Recommendations and the Actual Rehabilitation Provided for Low Back Pain Patients

Concordance Between the National Recommendations and the Actual Rehabilitation Provided for Low Back Pain Patients Referred to Primary Care Rehabilitation. A Survey of Public and Private Health Care Providers in Denmark

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03426410

Enrollment

230

Registered

2018-02-08

Start date

2018-02-06

Completion date

2018-05-01

Last updated

2018-06-11

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Conditions

Guideline Adherence, Low Back Pain

Brief summary

Purpose and background: The purpose of the study is to investigate physiotherapeutic courses of rehabilitation in the primary sector for low back pain patients. This is done by identifying both how physiotherapeutic rehabilitation is organized in the primary sector and further what different types of physiotherapeutic interventions are offered for this patient group. Furthermore the study aims to evaluate to what extent existing physiotherapeutic rehabilitation practice adheres with the national and international guidelines and recommendations for low back pain rehabilitation. Methods: A quantitative survey is carried out, which includes development and validation of a questionnaire for the purpose, and this is subsequently distributed electronically to private and public providers of physiotherapy rehabilitation in all 19 municipalities in Central Denmark Region. Approximately 500 physiotherapists will be asked to participate in the survey in the period February to March 2018.

Interventions

OTHERSurvey

Electronic survey containing a questionnaire regarding knowledge and use of national guidelines of low back pain rehabilitation, type and frequency of cross sectional communication, attitudes and beliefs about back pain and two patient vignettes.

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* physical therapists working with low back pain rehabilitation in the primary sector in Central Denmark Region

Exclusion criteria

* physical therapists that have less than 1 consultation per week with low back pain patients.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Guideline adherence	1 month	Adherence to guidelines is assessed on the basis of the responses given to the two patient vignettes in the questionnaire. Thus, for each vignette there is a total 3 questions with four possible answers for each question. For each question 1 answer is correct, 1 partly correct and 2 are wrong. Adherence to guidelines is ultimately defined as: Strictly adheres = 3 correct answers OR 2 correct and 1 partly correct answer. Partly adheres: 1 correct and 2 partly correct answers OR 2 correct and 1 wrong answer OR 3 partly correct answers. Does not adhere: any other combination of answers than the above mentioned.

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026