Back pain patients views assessment and management sleep in physio 1.0

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  What are Persistent Lower Back Pain patients’ views of sleep health within an outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy setting?

• IRAS ID

  334368

• Contact name

  Clive Smith

• Contact email

  clivesmith1@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Sheffield Hallam University

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  NCT06094517, ClinicalTrials.Gov

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 17 days

• Research summary

  The goal of this qualitative is to understand the views and opinions of patients with persistent lower back pain patients who are awaiting physiotherapy treatment with regards to their sleep health. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  •Identify whether Patients with Persistent Lower Back Pain (PLBP) patients awaiting physiotherapy consider sleep health relevant to their condition.
  •Ascertain whether PLBP patients awaiting physiotherapy consider sleep health within the remit of Physiotherapy.
  •Understand how PLBP patients may want sleep health to be assessed or managed within an outpatient musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Setting?

  Participants will undertake one semi structured interview and complete two secondary outcome measures: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity Scale. Data will be analysed via Thematic Analysis.

• REC name

  Wales REC 4

• REC reference

  24/WA/0023

• Date of REC Opinion

  18 Mar 2024

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion