Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain from the five most common presentations to primary care (back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site pain), where the majority of patients are managed, is a costly global health challenge.
J. C. Hill+13 more
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Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: qualitative findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Stratified care involves subgrouping patients based on key characteristics, e.g. prognostic risk, and matching these subgroups to appropriate early treatment options. The STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Benjamin Saunders+7 more
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Professional barriers and facilitators to using stratified care approaches for managing non-specific low back pain: a qualitative study with Canadian physiotherapists and chiropractors [PDF]
Background Recent clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain (LBP) recommend using stratified care approaches. To date, no study has assessed barriers and facilitators for health professionals in using stratified care ...
Fadi M. AL Zoubi+4 more
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Stratified Care vs Stepped Care for Depression: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]
Key Points Question Is stratified care an efficacious and cost-effective approach to psychological treatment selection compared with stepped care? Findings In this cluster randomized clinical trial of 951 adults with common mental disorders, stratified ...
Delgadillo J+8 more
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Evaluation of a blended learning approach on stratified care for physiotherapy bachelor students. [PDF]
Background Stratified models of care are valuable for addressing psychosocial factors which influence the outcome of patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
Adje M+4 more
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Feasibility of delivering and evaluating stratified care integrated with telehealth ('Rapid Stratified Telehealth') for patients with low back pain: protocol for a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
Introduction Long waiting time is an important barrier to accessing recommended care for low back pain (LBP) in Australia’s public health system. This study describes the protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that aims to establish the ...
Zadro JR+8 more
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Stratified care integrated with eHealth versus usual primary care physiotherapy in patients with neck and/or shoulder complaints: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Neck and shoulder complaints are common in primary care physiotherapy. These patients experience pain and disability, resulting in high societal costs due to, for example, healthcare use and work absence. Content and intensity of physiotherapy
Mark L. van Tilburg+8 more
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Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT [PDF]
Background: Sciatica has a substantial impact on patients and society. Current care is ‘stepped’, comprising an initial period of simple measures of advice and analgesia, for most patients, commonly followed by physiotherapy, and then by more intensive ...
Nadine E Foster+15 more
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Risk-based stratified primary care for common musculoskeletal pain presentations: qualitative findings from the STarT MSK cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Background The STarT MSK cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) investigated the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of risk-based stratified primary care versus usual care for patients with back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site pain.
Benjamin Saunders+7 more
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Barriers to implementation of stratified care in primary biliary cholangitis: a scoping exercise. [PDF]
Patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can be stratified into low-risk and high-risk groups based on their response to treatment. Newly published guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology suggest low-risk patients can be managed substantially in primary care.
Corrigan M+3 more
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