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ArticleArchives of physiotherapy2021

Patients' health outcomes after an implementation intervention targeting the physiotherapists' clinical behaviour.

Johanna Fritz, Lena Almqvist, Anne Söderlund, Lars Wallin, Maria Sandborgh

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Article in Archives of physiotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03118453 (A Behavioural Medicine Approach in Physical Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Pain - Evaluation of the Implementation Process and Outcome), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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A Behavioural Medicine Approach in Physical Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Pain - Evaluation of the Implementation Process and Outcome

TypeinterventionalSponsorMälardalen UniversityRan2016 to 2022Enrolled109ConditionsChronic Pain, Musculoskeletal PainArmsActive implementation clinics, Passive implementation clinics
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5 authors.

Johanna FritzSchool of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Box 883, SE-721 23, Västerås, Sweden. johanna.fritz@mdh.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4616-521X
Lena AlmqvistSchool of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Box 883, SE-721 23, Västerås, Sweden.
Anne SöderlundSchool of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Box 883, SE-721 23, Västerås, Sweden.
Lars WallinSchool of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Maria SandborghSchool of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Box 883, SE-721 23, Västerås, Sweden.

Funding

AFA Försäkring 12169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA behavioural medicine approach in physiotherapy has shown positive effects on increased and sustained activities and participation, including reduced sick leave for patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to explore the health outcomes of patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain treated by physiotherapists who had received active compared with passive support when implementing a behavioural medicine approach.

methodsAn explorative and comparative pre-/post-test trial was conducted. A total of 155 patients with musculoskeletal pain ≥4 weeks were consecutively recruited by physiotherapists in primary healthcare who had received active or passive support when implementing a behavioural medicine approach. Data concerning health outcomes for patients were collected using questionnaires before and after the physiotherapy treatment and at half-, one- and two-year follow-ups. Descriptive, non-parametric and parametric bi- and multivariate statistics were used.

resultsThere were no differences over time between the patients treated by physiotherapists who had received active compared to passive implementation support regarding pain-related disability, pain intensity, self-rated health, self-efficacy in performing daily activities, catastrophic thinking related to pain, and fear of movement. Significant improvements over time were identified in both groups regarding all variables and the effect sizes were large. The percentage of patients on sick leave significantly decreased in the patient group treated by physiotherapists who had received active implementation support.

conclusionIt is very important to include patient outcomes when evaluating the implementation of multicomponent interventions. It seems that the implementation method did not play a major role for the patients' outcomes in this study. Most of the patients' health outcomes improved regardless of whether they were treated by physiotherapists who had received active or passive support when implementing a behavioural medicine approach. This was likely because the active implementation support was not extensive enough to enable the physiotherapists to sustain the behavioural medicine approach.

trial registrationThe study protocol was retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov . ID NCT03118453 , March 20, 2017.

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Behavioural medicineImplementationMusculoskeletal painPatient outcomesPhysiotherapyPrimary healthcareSick leave

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PMID34625120
PMCPMC8501639

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