Simple and Evidence-based Examination and Treatment of Shoulder Pain in General Practice
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Frozen Shoulder
- Myalgia
- Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome
- Rotator Cuff Tear or Rupture, Not Specified as Traumatic
- Rotator Cuff Tendinosis
- Shoulder Pain
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Stepped wedge randomized studyMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Outcome assessor will be blinded for treatment allocation. Randomization will be done after recruitment of GPs. GPs and study coordinators and outcome evaluators will be blinded to the allocation sequence with only the allocation of the next GP surgery being revealed by randomization list holder approximately 6 weeks before each intervention implementation point.Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
A simplified and evidence-based algorithm for examination and treatment of patients with shoulder pain will be developed and implemented in general practice. The purpose is to improve quality of care and provide GPs with a simplified and efficient tool to handle patients with common shoulder- relate...
A simplified and evidence-based algorithm for examination and treatment of patients with shoulder pain will be developed and implemented in general practice. The purpose is to improve quality of care and provide GPs with a simplified and efficient tool to handle patients with common shoulder- related pain. The study is a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial with a hybrid design including a effectiveness, cost and implementation assessment of a guideline-based intervention in clinical practice (2). General practitioners in Norway will be recruited and the GP offices will be randomized to the time of crossover from current treatment as usual (TAU) to the implementation of the intervention. The intervention is a tailored strategy that includes workshops for general practitioners covering information and access to a decision support tool, an education program where the general practitioner learn an evidence-based approach to shoulder pain and access to patient information materials. Outcomes will be measured at patient and GP levels, using self-report questionnaires, focus group interviews and register based data.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04806191
- Collaborators
- Helse Fonna
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Niels G Juel, MD, PhD Department of General practice, University of Oslo
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