Clinical trial NCT06175884: Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients
Official title: Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Keywords: communication skills
chronic musculoskeletal pain
Lead sponsor: University of Thessaly
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-12-19
Enrollment: 69
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Sixty-nine (69) patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder will participate. They will be randomly divided into three groups, each consisting of thirty-three (33) patients. One group (Experimental- Good communication skills) will watch the video in which physiotherapist will develop qualities of good communication while he explains about chronic musculoskeletal pain, the other group (Experimental- Poor communication skills ) will view the video in which the physiotherapist imparts information and explains chronic pain without enhancing his communication skills and lastly, the control group (control) that will not view any video.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants should speak and understand the Greek language, as the questionnaires and the video will be in Greek
* Participants should experience pain in one of the following four different areas: cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder
* Pain of musculoskeletal origin
* Pain lasting more than 3 months, evident on most days of the week to be classified as chronic pain, with a pain intensity of at least 3/10 Numeric Pain Rating Scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Medication for neurological/psychiatric disorders
* Pain medication on the day agreed upon with the researcher, in order to minimize the potential influence of medication
* Undergoing surgery in the last six months
* Pregnancy or childbirth before 1 year

Primary outcomes:
measure: NPRS: Numeric Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video
measure: PPT: Pressure Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pain Distribution
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to10 minutes after watching the video
measure: CSI: Central Sensitisation Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: BIPQ: Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: STAI-40: State - Trait Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: TSK: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: VES: Video Engagement Scale
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: Working Alliance Inventory - Short Revised (WAI-SR)
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
measure: Global Rating of Change Scales
timeFrame: Changes from baseline to 10 minutes after watching the video
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lamia
country: Greece
facility: University of Thessaly
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Thessaly
name: Eleni Kapreli
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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