Access to Chiropractic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Access to Chiropractic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Prospective Comparative Cohort Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04666779

Enrollment

399

Registered

2020-12-14

Start date

2020-12-18

Completion date

2021-09-15

Last updated

2021-09-16

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Conditions

Access to Chiropractic Care Services

Brief summary

This is a prospective comparative cohort trial taking place during the first year of the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Spain. Chiropractic patients throughout Spain were invited to participate independently of the care received, including patients who had stopped visiting their chiropractors since the pandemic hit. The main exposure variable is the access to chiropractic care services, and the degree of this exposure during the months following initial lockdown phase in Spain. Participants will fill an online questionnaire with self-reported outcome-measures.

Interventions

OTHERChiropractic care

Care provided by chiropractors, based on manual therapy, exercise prescription and patient advice/education/reassurance

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* chiropractic patients with pain, active when lockdown was declared, over the age of 16

Exclusion criteria

* new patients in the clinic after the pandemic hit

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Tampa Scale Kinesiophobia	6 months	Validated questionnaire (short version 11 items, 0-3: 0=minimal score, 33=maximal score)
Pain interference	6 months	From the Brief Pain Inventory (7 items, 0-10: 0= minimal score, 70=maximal score)
Pain Catastrophizing Scale	6 months	Validated questionnaire (short version 4 items, 1-4: 4= minimal score, 16=maximal score)
Pain intensity	6 months	Numerical Rating Scale (0-10, 0=no pain, 10=maximum pain)
Pain duration	6 months	Duration of pain symptoms, PREVIOUS to the study, measured in months (up to 3 months, more than 3 months)
Pain frequency	6 months	Ranges: Constant, every day, every week, occasionally
Pain perceived improvement	6 months	Categories: New pain, worsened, no change, improv, gone

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Fear of Illness and Virus Evaluation	6 months	Questionnaire (12 items, 1-4: 1=minimal score, 48=maximal score)
General Anxiety Disorder scale	6 months	Validated questionnaire (7 items , 1-3: 1= minimal score, 21=maximal score)

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

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