Implementation of the ACP Guideline for Low Back Pain (IMPACt-LBP)

Description

The purpose of this study is to assess whether the primary spine practitioner (PSP) model of care will lead to improvements in patient outcomes, as compared to usual care, based on change in patient-reported PROMIS Pain Interference and Physical Function from baseline to 3 months in patients aged 18 years and older with a primary complaint of low back pain (LBP).

Conditions

Pain, Back

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to assess whether the primary spine practitioner (PSP) model of care will lead to improvements in patient outcomes, as compared to usual care, based on change in patient-reported PROMIS Pain Interference and Physical Function from baseline to 3 months in patients aged 18 years and older with a primary complaint of low back pain (LBP).

Implementation of the American College of Physicians Guideline for Low Back Pain: A Cluster Randomized Trial (IMPACt-LBP)

Implementation of the ACP Guideline for Low Back Pain (IMPACt-LBP)

Condition
Pain, Back
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Iowa City

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

Lebanon

Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03755

Durham

Duke Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27713

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. aged 18 years and older
  • 2. initiating an outpatient visit for LBP at a participating PCP clinic
  • 3. agree to participate and complete baseline questionnaire (in lieu of formal written documentation of consent)
  • 1. inability to provide consent or complete outcome questionnaires
  • 2. positive screening for cauda equina symptoms (loss of total control of bowel/bladder associated with this episode of LBP )

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Christine Goertz, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke Clinical Research Institute

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31