NCT05497154

Physical Therapists Identifying Patients With Opioid Misuse

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and operationalize key procedures for physical therapists (n = 12) to address patients who are at risk for or have opioid misuse (OM). The investigators will train physical therapists in procedures to: 1) engage patients at risk for OM in conversations about appropriate opioid use, 2) screen and 3) assess these patients for OM and, 4) refer patients for further treatment if OM is suspected. The investigators will employ a modified Delphi approach to iteratively refine and operationalize the procedures and to arrive at a finalized procedure manual followed by an evaluation of the implementation of these procedures.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to develop and operationalize key procedures for physical therapists (n = 12) to address patients who are at risk for or have OM. The investigators will train physical therapists in procedures to: 1) engage patients at risk for OM in conversations about appropriate opioid use, 2) screen and 3) assess these patients for OM and, 4) refer patients for further treatment if OM is suspected. The investigators will employ a modified Delphi approach to iteratively refine and operationalize the procedures and to arrive at a finalized procedure manual followed by an evaluation of the implementation of these procedures. Approximately 4 months following the development of the manual and the distribution of the finalized manual, the investigators will conduct semi-structured interviews to determine the barriers and facilitators to implementing the procedures learned in the training. Our aims are: 1. Qualitatively evaluate physical therapists' perceptions and recommendations for implementing OM procedures. 2. Evaluate the implementation of the manualized OM procedures.

Conditions

• Opioid Misuse
• Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Training Arm	The training will be composed of 4 separate training sessions provided every 2 - 4 weeks. During the 1st session (45 minutes), the investigators will educate the physical therapist about the different categories of opioid use including opioid misuse (OM) and the risks associated with OM as well as training to engage the patient in a conversation about opioid use. The 2nd and 3rd sessions (30 minutes each) involve training in procedures to screen and assess patients at risk for OM, respectively. The 4th session (30 minutes) involves training in procedures to refer patients to a specialist or a primary care provider for further treatment if OM is suspected.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-14
• Primary completion: 2023-05-27
• Completion: 2023-06-08
• First posted: 2022-08-11
• Last updated: 2023-08-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States