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ArticleBMJ open2022

Protocol for a process evaluation: face-to-face physiotherapy compared with a supported home exercise programme for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: the REFORM trial.

Hannah G Withers, Hueiming Liu, Joanne V Glinsky, Jackie Chu, Matthew D Jennings, Alison J Hayes, Ian J Starkey, Blake A Palmer, Lukas Szymanek, Jackson J Cruwys and 12 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Hannah G WithersJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5319-7757
Hueiming LiuThe George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9077-8673
Joanne V GlinskyJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8188-3583
Jackie ChuJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Matthew D JenningsPhysiotherapy Department, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9720-6640
Alison J HayesSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8679-6040
Ian J StarkeyPhysiotherapy Department, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Blake A PalmerPhysiotherapy Department, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Lukas SzymanekPhysiotherapy Department, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
Jackson J CruwysPhysiotherapy Department, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
David WongPhysiotherapy Department, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Kitty DuongPhysiotherapy Department, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Anne BarnettPhysiotherapy Department, Bankstown Hospital, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
Matthew J TindallPhysiotherapy Department, Bankstown Hospital, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
Barbara R LucasPhysiotherapy Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0558-8993
Tara E LambertPhysiotherapy Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
Deborah A TaylorPhysiotherapy Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
Catherine SherringtonInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8934-4368
Manuela L FerreiraSydney Musculoskeletal Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Christopher G MaherInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Joshua R ZadroInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8981-2125
Lisa A HarveyJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia l.harvey@usyd.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-4365-0236
The University of Sydney · AURoyal North Shore Hospital · AUBankstown Lidcombe Hospital · AUBlacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital · AUCamden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AULiverpool Hospital · AUSouth Western Sydney Local Health District · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe REFORM (REhabilitation FOR Musculoskeletal conditions) trial is a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (n=210) designed to determine whether a supported home exercise programme is as good or better than a course of face-to-face physiotherapy for the management of some musculoskeletal conditions. The trial is currently being conducted across Sydney government hospitals in Australia. This process evaluation will run alongside the REFORM trial. It combines qualitative and quantitative data to help explain the trial results and determine the feasibility of rolling out supported home exercise programmes in settings similar to the REFORM trial. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Two theoretical frameworks underpin our process evaluation methodology: the Realist framework (context, mechanism, outcomes) considers the causal assumptions as to why a supported home exercise programme may be as good or better than face-to-face physiotherapy in terms of the context, mechanisms and outcomes of the trial. The RE-AIM framework describes the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance of the intervention. These two frameworks will be broadly used to guide this process evaluation using a mixed-methods approach. For example, qualitative data will be derived from interviews with patients, healthcare professionals and stakeholders, and quantitative data will be collected to determine the cost and feasibility of providing supported home exercise programmes. These data will be analysed iteratively before the analysis of the trial results and will be triangulated with the results of the primary and secondary outcomes. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This trial will be conducted in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2018) and the Note for Good Clinical Practice (CPMP/ICH-135/95). Ethical approval was obtained on 17 March 2017 from the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (trial number: HREC/16HAWKE/431-RESP/16/287) with an amendment for the process evaluation approved on 4 February 2020. The results of the process evaluation will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12619000065190.

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Exercise TherapyMusculoskeletal DiseasesAmbulatory CareAustraliaEquivalence Trials as TopicFeasibility StudiesHumansProgram EvaluationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf Carehealth informaticsmusculoskeletal disordersprotocols & guidelinesrehabilitation medicinetelemedicine

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PMID35790326
PMCPMC9258511
OpenAlexW4283824326

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