Triaging Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders Directly to Physiotherapists at Primary Health Care Clinics.

Göteborg University

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments

Other: Initially triaged to physiotherapist

Other: Initially triaged to physician

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02218749

VGFOUGSB-421881 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

148611

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether initial triaging to physiotherapists of patients with musculoskeletal disorders who seek health care from primary care clinics affects the patients health and/or health care utilization differently than initial consultation with a general practitioner.

Enrollment

55 patients

Sex

All

Ages

16 to 67 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

seeking primary care clinic for musculoskeletal disorder
age 16-67 years
speaks enough Swedish or English to understand the patient information and complete the questionnaires
triage nurse judges it suitable to triage participant to physiotherapist

Exclusion criteria

has received treatment at the clinic by physician or physiotherapist during the preceding month for the same problem
seeking for chronic musculoskeletal disorder with unchanged symptoms the latest 3 months and for which the patient has already tried physiotherapy
seeking for help with medical aids other than crutches
is in need of home care
has been included in the study earlier