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NCT Number: NCT01923324

Standard Telephone Consultation for Pain

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pain control for patients with chronic pain is improved by the availability of structured telephone consultations between the patients' family physicians and pain physicians, compared to pain control for patients receiving usual care.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Alberta Health Services Chronic Pain Centre

Calgary, Alberta, T2S 3C3, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients referred to Alberta Health Services chronic pain center in Calgary with neurological or muscular skeletal pain

Exclusion criteria

  • increased risk for suicide, very complex patients, family physician could not reliably identify patient's pain problem, or condition warranted expedited consultation with pain physician, case represented a new presentation of chronic regional pain syndrome, or low back pain with radicular symptoms or sciatica

Treatment and study plan

Physician telephone consultation

Behavioral

Pain physician support for family physician treating patient

Usual family physician care

Behavioral

Usual family physician care without telephone consultation with pain physician

Primary outcomes

  1. Numerical Rating Scale for pain intensity (NRS)

    Time frame: 6 months

    11 point scale (from zero to 10), zero equals no pain, 10 worst possible pain.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain Disability Index (PDI)

    Time frame: 6 months

    7 item self-report scale assessing pain disability

  2. Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGIC)

    Time frame: 6 months

    7 point scale

  3. Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    Time frame: 6 months

    Generic quality of life scale.

Other outcomes

  1. Pain treatment satisfaction scale (patient)

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Family physician satisfaction questionnaire

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Family physician knowledge transfer questionnaire

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Calgary

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Physician to Physician Telephone Consultation for Chronic Pain Patients: a Pragmatic Randomized Trial

Acronym: STC

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Aug 15, 2013
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2013

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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