NCT06175884

Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients

Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Thessaly · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Sixty-nine (69) patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder will participate. They will be randomly divided into three groups, each consisting of thirty-three (33) patients. One group (Experimental- Good communication skills) will watch the video in which physiotherapist will develop qualities of good communication while he explains about chronic musculoskeletal pain, the other group (Experimental- Poor communication skills ) will view the video in which the physiotherapist imparts information and explains chronic pain without enhancing his communication skills and lastly, the control group (control) that will not view any video.

Conditions

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Video about pain neuroscience education with enhancing communication skills	Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.
OTHER	Video about pain neuroscience education without enhancing communication skills	Participants will watch a brief video on pain neuroscience in which physiotherapist will not show evidence-based communication skills to effectively convey information to patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-15
• Primary completion: 2025-03-30
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2023-12-19
• Last updated: 2024-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece