NCT05707546

Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes of Greek Physiotherapists About Communication With Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients

Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes of Greek Physiotherapists About Motivational Interviewing, Shared Decision Making and Empathetic Communication With Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 257 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Thessaly · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of current research study is to assess physiotherapists's knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about empathy, motivational interviewing and shared decision making in chronic musculoskeletal patients. An e-survey study will be conducted based on Checklist for Reporting Results of 52 Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES)

Detailed description

The main questions it aims to answer are: What physiotherapists know about the use of empathy, motivational interviewing and shared decision making? What beliefs do physiotherapists have about the appropriate use of communication skills? Whether and how much they use empathy, motivational interview, shared decision-making in clinical practice? What are the main barriers of using communication skills (empathy, motivational interview, joint decision-making) in clinical practice?

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Chronic Pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-28
• Primary completion: 2023-07-15
• Completion: 2023-07-15
• First posted: 2023-02-01
• Last updated: 2024-01-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece