Descriptive Analysis: STarT Back Screening Tool: Cross-sectional Survey & Chart Review

A Descriptive Analysis of Back Pain Patient's Seeking Care at Chiropractic Academic Teaching Clinics Using the STarT Back Screening Tool: Cross-sectional Survey and Chart Review

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03848988

Acronym

STarT Back

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-21

Start date

2018-03-05

Completion date

2018-05-04

Last updated

2019-08-28

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Conditions

Back Pain

Keywords

Chiropractic, Screening tool, Teaching

Brief summary

Keele STarT Back SCreening Tool (KSB) is a practical and validated bio-psychosocial questionnaire that stratifies lower back pain patients into 3 risk groups (low, medium, high), with suggested treatment guidelines for each grouping. The 9-question KSB has been used in chiropractic practice to help guide medical decision making, but its use in chiropractic teaching environments has been limited.

Detailed description

All new LBP patients between the ages of 18-65 years presenting to a chiropractic teaching clinic in Dallas, TX between March 05, 2018 and April 06, 2018 were asked to complete the KSB questionnaire. No introduction of the KSB was given to students or faculty. For all patients that completed the KSB, a chart review of the first 4 weeks of care was completed to retrieve patient follow-up information and treatment provided, including: self-reported LBP on a 10-point numerical rating scale (NRS), region of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), and active rehabilitation provided.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients between the age of 18-65 years old.

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Chiropractic care Questionnaire	4 weeks	Nine question Keele STarT Back questionnaire to identify treatment options for individuals with low, moderate, and high risk low back pain. A 10 point numerical rating scale (NRS) was used to with 0-4 being low risk, 5 being moderate risk, and 6-10 being high risk.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Low back pain self reported	4 weeks	Oswestry low back pain scale/ tool: 10 point scale with 0 being no pain and 10 being excruciating pain.

Countries

United States

Outcome results