Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Kajsa Johansson
With
The Research Council of South East Sweden (FORSS)
For more detailed information about the study see the attached study protocol and the attached statistical analysis plan.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients who, via telephone or online text-based triage, are judged to have benign MSKP and are booked for an initial physiotherapy consultation at one of the five participating physiotherapy departments
Adult patients (18 years or older)
You may not be if
Patients who are judged to require urgent medical examination due to suspected serious pathology (red flags)
Patients who are booked to an initial physiotherapy consultation on the same day as, or the day directly following triage.
Patients referred for physiotherapy following consultation with a tertiary care practitioner (e.g. orthopaedic surgeon, rheumatologist, neurologist)
Patients who cannot communicate in Swedish to the equivalent of a 12-year-old native speaker (as judged by the triaging physiotherapist)
Patients who, through visual impairments, are unable to complete the necessary questionnaires for the study
Patients who are booked for an initial consultation with a physiotherapist who has not consented to taking part in the study