NCT05580380

Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Low Back Pain With Patient-Clinician Relatedness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of the current research is to assess the effect of an enhanced patient-clinician relationship when compared to a limited patient-clinician relationship on measures of chronic low back pain and objective functional measures. The second objective is to examine racialized disparities in chronic low back pain among individuals who identify as non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White using a qualitative approach. Lastly, the study team will explore relationships between psychosocial components of low back pain, pain and functional outcomes, and patient-clinician relationship measures.

Conditions

• Chronic Low-Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Limited Relationship	In this group, participants will share information regarding their low back pain history to a clinician who is not providing eye-contact, has farther physical distance, and is not directly facing the participant. The clinician will not provide verbal affirmations or ask clarifying questions about the patient's low back pain history. Instead, more time will be spent on completion of documentation.
OTHER	Enhanced Relationship	A condition in which the clinician is providing enhanced relatedness with consistent eye contact, closer physical distance, facing the patient, and providing non-verbal affirmations (i.e. nodding, smiling), as the participant shares their low back pain history. The clinician will provide empathic verbal affirmations and will ask clarifying questions about the patient's low back pain history.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-02-01
• Completion: 2023-02-01
• First posted: 2022-10-14
• Last updated: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States