Mind your words

The evaluation of a communication training for physical therapists on language use in the treatment of low back pain.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24184

Enrollment

196

Registered

2021-03-02

Start date

2021-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Communication training

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion for physiotherapists: physiotherapist who treat patients with low back pain. Inclusion for patients: patients with low back pain who visit their physiotherapist for the first time for low back pain

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion for physiotherapist: physiotherapists who are trained and qualified as psychosomatic physiotherapist. Exclusion criteria for patients: complete inability to read and write Dutch and neurologic conditions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Language use as measured with audiotapes of first two treatment sessions and coded with a codebook.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain, anxiety, illness perceptions, therapeutic alliance and physical functioning	—

Contacts

Public ContactEllis van der Scheer

HAN University of Applied Science

ellis.horst@han.nl0611086075

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)