Knowledge Beliefs and Expectations of Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients About Their Physiotherapy Program

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05707559

Enrollment

278

Registered

2023-02-01

Start date

2023-04-21

Completion date

2024-12-30

Last updated

2025-03-18

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Conditions

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Keywords

chronic musculoskeletal pain, pain education, patient expectations, communication skills, physiotherapy

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, beliefs and expectations of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain about their physiotherapy program and the relationship that they built with physiotherapists.

Detailed description

The main questions of this study are: Have patients with chronic pain educated in pain? To what extent physiotherapists use appropriate communication skills and show empathy? What expectations do the patients have of their rehabilitation program?

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain more than 3 months and intensity more than 3/10 VAS. * Greek speaking patients * patients who are following or followed a physiotherapy treatment for their pain

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Demographic characteristics	Baseline	Questions will include participants' demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age, education, employment status)
Knowledge about their pain	Baseline	Fourteen questions about history of pain (e.g. intense, duration, area, other symptoms, radiation, previous history, diagnosis)
Pain (Neuroscience) Education	Baseline	Patients will be asked whether they have received any education or explanation about their conditions from a healthcare professional (e.g. What have they learned about their pain? What do they know about pain neuroscience education? Whether it was explained to them and how understanding pain helped them?)
Patient's Experience about healthcare professional's communication skills	Baseline	Seventeen questions on a five point Likert scale (1=never, 2= rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always). Questions adapted by the Calgary-Cambridge observation guide that delineates and structures the skills which aid doctor-patient communication.
Patient's Expectations	Baseline	Four questions regarding patients' expectations for chronic pain management

Countries

Greece

Outcome results