Adherence to Exercises for Neck Pain.

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Treatments: Other: Education; Device: Chatbot; Other: Home exercise, usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06070441

CHATBOT_NECK_PAIN

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project continuing to study on the effectiveness of a Chatbot in promoting adherence to home physiotherapy treatment for patients, in this case, with cervical musculoskeletal injuries and pain. The use of digital technologies and media is an important option to complement in-person treatment and promote adherence to treatment at home. The research aims to verify whether the use of a Chatbot as a means of communication can produce improvements in patient adherence and clinical results.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over 18 years.
• Diagnosis of cervical pain.
• Indication of treatment through home exercises.
• With a personal smartphone
• Verbally confirms to have installed an instant messaging service or app, and accesses it at least 3 times a week

Exclusion criteria

• No to sign the informed consent.
• Not able to understand, read and write in the Spanish language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Home exercise assisted with a chatbot

Treatment:

Device: Chatbot

Other: Education

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Home exercise, usual care

Treatment:

Other: Home exercise, usual care

Other: Education