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My Back My Plan is a feasible and acceptable individualised program for acute low back pain in primary care.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health; 2022, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p444-453, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Low back pain is the largest cause of years lived with a disability in Australia, and there is an urgent need for innovations to address global gaps between evidence and practice. Methods: This study was a phase 1, single-group, preāpost pilot trial of My Back My Plan, a primary care program for acute low back pain. The trial was conducted at MQ Health Primary Care at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. The primary outcomes were feasibility and acceptability. Results: Fourteen participants were recruited to the study, with 79% and 93% followed up at 1 and 3 months respectively. Ten general practitioners and four physiotherapists at MQ Health Primary Care delivered the intervention. Although the rate of patient recruitment to the trial was low, other aspects of feasibility (such as intervention adherence and safety) were high. Participating clinicians reported that the program was useful for patients, and the majority stated that the program facilitated person-centred care. Patients rated My Back My Plan as highly acceptable, indicating that they had a better understanding of their low back pain, they were given personalised care and were more confident in self-managing their low back pain. At the 3 month follow-up, 85% of participants stated they were very likely to recommend the program to others. Conclusions: This study suggests that the co-designed, contextually refined MBMP program for MQ Health Primary Care is acceptable to people with acute onset low back pain and warrants further evaluation. Low back pain is the largest cause of years lived with a disability in Australia, and there is an urgent need for innovations to address global gaps between evidence and practice. Our study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of My Back My Plan, a primary care program for acute low back pain. My Back My Plan facilitates delivery of person-centred care and was rated as highly acceptable to people with acute onset low back pain, and thereby warrants further evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LUMBAR pain
PILOT projects
PAIN measurement
CLINICAL trials
ACADEMIC medical centers
HUMAN research subjects
CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE intervals
CONVALESCENCE
PHYSICAL therapy
SELF-management (Psychology)
INDIVIDUALIZED medicine
HEALTH outcome assessment
PATIENT-centered care
PRIMARY health care
FUNCTIONAL assessment
PRE-tests & post-tests
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
INTEGRATED health care delivery
DATA analysis software
PAIN management
PATIENT safety
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14487527
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159597808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/PY21207