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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| VGFOUGSB-421881 | Other Grant/Funding Number | FoU primärvård Göteborg och Södra Bohuslän |
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| Närhälsan Primary care Research and Development | UNKNOWN |
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether initial triaging to physiotherapists of patients with musculoskeletal disorders who seek health care from primary care clinics affects the patients health and/or health care utilization differently than initial consultation with a general practitioner.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Initially triaged to physiotherapist | Experimental | Initially triaged to physiotherapist |
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| Initially triaged to physician | Active Comparator | Initially triaged to physician |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Initially triaged to physiotherapist | Other |
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| Initially triaged to physician |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of physician visits | 1 year | |
| Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) | 3 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of physiotherapist visits | 1 year | |
| Number of days of sick-leave | 1 year | |
| Number of referrals for external examinations and to specialists |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lena Bornhöft, MSc, RPT | Göteborg University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Närhälsan Eriksberg Health centre | Gothenburg | 417 64 | Sweden | |||
| Närhälsan Biskopsgården Health centre |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 31043169 | Derived | Bornhoft L, Thorn J, Svensson M, Nordeman L, Eggertsen R, Larsson MEH. More cost-effective management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in primary care after direct triaging to physiotherapists for initial assessment compared to initial general practitioner assessment. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 May 1;20(1):186. doi: 10.1186/s12891-019-2553-9. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
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| 1 year |
| Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D | 2 weeks |
| Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D | 3 months |
| Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D | 6 months |
| Changes in health-related quality of life measured with EQ-5D | 1 year |
| Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale | 2 weeks |
| Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale | 3 months |
| Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale | 6 months |
| Changes in attitudes regarding responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders measured with ARM scale | 1 year |
| Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale | 2 weeks |
| Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale | 3 months |
| Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale | 6 months |
| Change in experience of functional difficulty measured with DRI scale | 1 year |
| Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire | 2 weeks |
| Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire | 3 months |
| Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire | 6 months |
| Risk for developing chronic pain measured with the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire | 1 year |
| Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) | 2 weeks |
| Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) | 6 months |
| Change in self-evaluated level of pain latest week (0-10 scale) | 1 year |
| Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder | Received any prescriptions. Number of prescriptions. Number of occasions prescriptions were received. Type of prescription(s) received. | 2 weeks |
| Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder | Received any prescriptions. Number of prescriptions. Number of occasions prescriptions were received. Type of prescription(s) received. | 3 months |
| Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder | Received any prescriptions. Number of prescriptions. Number of occasions prescriptions were received. Type of prescription(s) received. | 6 months |
| Prescriptions för analgesics for the actual musculoskeletal disorder | Received any prescriptions. Number of prescriptions. Number of occasions prescriptions were received. Type of prescription(s) received. | 1 year |
| Gothenburg |
| 418 33 |
| Sweden |
| Närhälsan Kyrkbyn Health centre | Gothenburg | 418 73 | Sweden |