Matching Appropriate Treatments to Consumers' Healthcare Needs, MATCH
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Back Pain
In brief
Back pain is one of the most common, controversial and costly problems in healthcare. Despite numerous studies, care for back pain has deteriorated over time and become much more expensive. The risk stratification approach developed in England and found effective in National Health Service general practices in the UK provides a very promising strategy for improving care for back pain in the U.S. The MATCH trial will use a cluster randomization design involving 6 primary care clinics at Group Health. Of these 6 clinics, 3 will be randomized to receive Group Health's standard training in the use of Group Health back pain guidelines and 3 clinics will receive this standard training plus supplemental training. Primary care clinicians and physical therapists in the intervention group will receive training in the use of the STarTBack risk stratification strategy for matching the most appropriate evidence-based treatments to the needs of patients in each risk level. We will evaluate the effect of this supplemental training on patient outcomes, clinician and physical therapist knowledge and comfort treating patients with back pain, and utilization of services for back pain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02286141
- Run by
- Kaiser Permanente
- People needed
- 1760
- Starts
- 2013-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-12-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- At least one primary care visit at one of the 6 Group Health clinics involved in this study resulting in a clinical Diagnosis of Back Pain.
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy, Blindness, Deafness, Unable to read or speak English, Paralysis, Psychoses, major, Dementia, Severe Vision problems Severe Hearing problems
Where it is running
- Group Health Research Institute — Seattle, Washington, United States
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