Clinical trial NCT05284669: Effect of an E-learning Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Healthcare Professionals Managing Low Back Pain.
Official title: Effect of an E-learning Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Healthcare Professionals Managing Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial With Nested Process Evaluation.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Low Back Pain
Physical Therapy
Physicians
Keywords: Distance education
Musculoskeletal pain
Guideline adherence
First-line care
Lead sponsor: Universiteit Antwerpen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Mons
name: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Universite de Picardie Jules Verne
First posted: 2022-03-17
Enrollment: 2720
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of the current research project is to examine if the healthcare professionals (HCPs) knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behavior about the management of low back pain (LBP) patients changes following an e-learning intervention (experimental interactive e-learning versus traditional non-interactive e-learning)

Detailed description: The purpose of the current research project is to use an e-learning educational approach to implement guideline-adherent care in first line HCPs. We aim to enhance the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behavior of HCPs towards a biopsychosocial approach in the management of LBP patients. We will compare the effect of an interactive e-learning intervention (i.e. experimental intervention) to an e-learning intervention without interaction (i.e. traditional intervention). Both interventions will be based on the most recent scientific literature regarding the management of LBP, but both the focus and the didactical approach will slightly differ between the interventions. We will use a mixed methods approach to gain an in-depth understanding of HCPs behavior in clinical practice.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To be an healthcare practitioner (general practitioner, physiotherapist, specialist physician, student in medicine including specialization, student in physiotherapy)
* Working or studying in Belgium or France
* Being in possession of an internet connected device (e.g. computer, tablet or smartphone) with speaker

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Health Care Providers Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale (HC-PAIRS)
timeFrame: Baseline assessment and post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
measure: Vignette of Rainville
timeFrame: Baseline assessment and post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Back Pain and Attitudes Questionnaire (Back-PAQ ; 10-items version)
timeFrame: Baseline assessment and post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
measure: The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ)
timeFrame: Baseline assessment and post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
measure: Fictive clinical cases of patients with LBP
timeFrame: Baseline assessment and post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
measure: Experiences of HCPs with the e-learning (quantitative)
timeFrame: Post-intervention assessment (between 2 and 4 weeks after baseline)
measure: Experiences of HCPs with the e-learning (qualitative)
timeFrame: Between 4 and 6 weeks after baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Brussels
country: Belgium
facility: Online study
Study officials:
affiliation: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Nathalie Roussel, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Mons
name: Laurence Ris, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: University of Mons / University of Antwerp
name: Antoine Fourré, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Rob Vanderstraeten, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Jef Michielsen, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Hilde Bastiaens, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Universiteit Antwerpen
name: Sybil Anthierens, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Universite de Picardie Jules Verne
name: Frédéric Telliez, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Fourre A, Fierens A, Michielsen J, Ris L, Dierick F, Roussel N. An interactive e-learning module to promote bio-psycho-social management of low back pain in healthcare professionals: a pilot study. J Man Manip Ther. 2022 Apr;30(2):105-115. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2021.1988397. Epub 2021 Oct 22.