An observational study in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, sponsored by University of Thessaly. Completed at 1 site in Greece. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-18.
Sponsored by University of Thessaly · Observational
The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, beliefs and expectations of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain about their physiotherapy program and the relationship that they built with physiotherapists.
The main questions of this study are:
Have patients with chronic pain educated in pain? To what extent physiotherapists use appropriate communication skills and show empathy? What expectations do the patients have of their rehabilitation program?
493 studies on the registry are indexed under Musculoskeletal Pain; 113 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 278 is above the median of 163 across 136 observational studies indexed under Musculoskeletal Pain.
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Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients
Exclusion Criteria:
Demographic characteristics
Questions will include participants' demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age, education, employment status)
Time frame: Baseline
Knowledge about their pain
Fourteen questions about history of pain (e.g. intense, duration, area, other symptoms, radiation, previous history, diagnosis)
Time frame: Baseline
Pain (Neuroscience) Education
Patients will be asked whether they have received any education or explanation about their conditions from a healthcare professional (e.g. What have they learned about their pain? What do they know about pain neuroscience education? Whether it was explained to them and how understanding pain helped them?)
Time frame: Baseline
Patient's Experience about healthcare professional's communication skills
Seventeen questions on a five point Likert scale (1=never, 2= rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always). Questions adapted by the Calgary-Cambridge observation guide that delineates and structures the skills which aid doctor-patient communication.
Time frame: Baseline
Patient's Expectations
Four questions regarding patients' expectations for chronic pain management
Time frame: Baseline
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