N/A Completed N=43

Correlation of Trust and Outcomes Following Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

Trust · Low Back Pain · Physical Therapy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03443401 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Oct 2024

Primary outcomePrimary: Change in Patient Care Assessment Survey — 3.3 score on a scale

Summary

To investigate whether changes in trust between physical therapist and patient correlate to outcomes after receiving physical therapy care. We will be utilizing established questionnaires from the medical literature and one new generated questionnaire.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Change in Patient Care Assessment Survey	3.3	—
PRIMARY Change in Wake Forest Scale	4.2	—
PRIMARY Change in Trust in Physician Scale	5.2	—
PRIMARY Change in Oswestry Disability Index 2.0	11.1	—
PRIMARY Change in Numeric Pain Rating Scale	1.1	—
PRIMARY Global Rate of Change	2.3	—
SECONDARY General Trust in Physician Scale	43.89	—
SECONDARY Change in Working Alliance Inventory - Short Revised	5.6	0.004 sig
SECONDARY Change in PT Survey of Patient Connection and Engagement	—	0.027 sig

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

age range 18 years of age or older, able to speak and read English, seeking physical therapy treatment for persistent low back pain of 3 months or greater. Being treated by a PT participant in the study

Exclusion Criteria

younger than 18 years of age, unable to speak or read English, patient needing to be referred out at any time for different level of medical care, concurrent pregnancy or cancer diagnosis, initial treating physical therapist does not see patient for 80% of treatments during episode of care

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03443401). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.