All Outputs (9)

Can the STarT Back Tool predict health-related quality of life and work ability after an acute/subacute episode with back or neck pain? A psychometric validation study in primary care. (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2018). Can the STarT Back Tool predict health-related quality of life and work ability after an acute/subacute episode with back or neck pain? A psychometric validation study in primary care. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021748

OBJECTIVES: The predictive ability of the STarT Back Tool (SBT) has not yet been examined among acute/subacute back and/or neck pain in a primary care setting in respect to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work ability outcomes. The aim of... Read More about Can the STarT Back Tool predict health-related quality of life and work ability after an acute/subacute episode with back or neck pain? A psychometric validation study in primary care..

Effect of Low Back Pain Risk-Stratification Strategy on Patient Outcomes and Care Processes: the MATCH Randomized Trial in Primary Care (2018)
Journal Article
Cherkin, D., Balderson, B., Wellman, R., Hsu, C., Sherman, K., Evers, S., …Foster, N. (2018). Effect of Low Back Pain Risk-Stratification Strategy on Patient Outcomes and Care Processes: the MATCH Randomized Trial in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1324-1336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4468-9

BACKGROUND: The STarT Back strategy for categorizing and treating patients with low back pain (LBP) improved patients' function while reducing costs in England. OBJECTIVE: This trial evaluated the effect of implementing an adaptation of this approach... Read More about Effect of Low Back Pain Risk-Stratification Strategy on Patient Outcomes and Care Processes: the MATCH Randomized Trial in Primary Care.

A multi-modal recruitment strategy using social media and internet-mediated methods to recruit a multidisciplinary, international sample of clinicians to an online research study. (2018)
Journal Article
McRobert, C. J., Hill, J., Smale, T., Hay, E., & Van Der Windt, D. (2018). A multi-modal recruitment strategy using social media and internet-mediated methods to recruit a multidisciplinary, international sample of clinicians to an online research study. PloS one, 13(7), Article e0200184. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200184

BACKGROUND: Challenges exist in recruiting an international sample of clinicians and researchers to an online survey. Traditional recruitment methods remain relevant but issues such as narrow geographical reach, high cost and time intensity limit wha... Read More about A multi-modal recruitment strategy using social media and internet-mediated methods to recruit a multidisciplinary, international sample of clinicians to an online research study..

Advancing practice for back pain through stratified care (STarT Back) (2018)
Journal Article
Sowden, G., Hill, J., Morso, L., Louw, Q., & Foster, N. E. (in press). Advancing practice for back pain through stratified care (STarT Back). Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 22(4), 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.06.003

Background Low back pain (LBP) is common, however research comparing the effectiveness of different treatments over the last two decades conclude either no or small differences in the average effects of different treatments. One suggestion to explai... Read More about Advancing practice for back pain through stratified care (STarT Back).

The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2018). The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 315 -315. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2685-5

Prior studies indicate that stratified care for low back pain results in better clinical outcome and reduced costs in healthcare compared to current practice. Stratified care may be associated with clinical benefits for patients with low back pain at... Read More about The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

The predictive ability of the STarT Back Tool was limited in people with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2018). The predictive ability of the STarT Back Tool was limited in people with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Physiotherapy, 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2018.02.009

Questions In people with chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP), what is the predictive and discriminative validity of the STarT Back Tool (SBT) for pain intensity, self-reported LBP-related disability, and global self-perceived change at 1-year f... Read More about The predictive ability of the STarT Back Tool was limited in people with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study.

Testing a Model of Consultation-based Reassurance and Back Pain Outcomes with Psychological Risk as Moderator: A Prospective Cohort Study (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2018). Testing a Model of Consultation-based Reassurance and Back Pain Outcomes with Psychological Risk as Moderator: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Journal of Pain, 339-348. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000541

Objectives:Reassurance is an essential part of treatment for low back pain (LBP), but evidence on effective methods to deliver reassurance remains scarce. The interaction between consultation-based reassurance and patients' psychological risk is unkn... Read More about Testing a Model of Consultation-based Reassurance and Back Pain Outcomes with Psychological Risk as Moderator: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Physiotherapists’ views of implementing a stratified treatment approach for patients with low back pain in Germany: a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Karstens, S., Kuithan, P., Joos, S., Hill, J. C., Wensing, M., Steinhäuser, J., …Szecsenyi, J. (2018). Physiotherapists’ views of implementing a stratified treatment approach for patients with low back pain in Germany: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 18, Article 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2991-3

Background The STarT-Back-Approach (STarT: Subgroups for Targeted Treatment) was developed in the UK and has demonstrated clinical and cost effectiveness. Based on the results of a brief questionnaire, patients with low back pain are stratified into... Read More about Physiotherapists’ views of implementing a stratified treatment approach for patients with low back pain in Germany: a qualitative study.

Using an internet intervention to support self-management of low back pain in primary care: findings from a randomised controlled feasibility trial (SupportBack). (2018)
Journal Article
Geraghty, A. W. A., Stanford, R., Stuart, B., Little, P., Roberts, L. C., Foster, N. E., …Yardley, L. (2018). Using an internet intervention to support self-management of low back pain in primary care: findings from a randomised controlled feasibility trial (SupportBack). BMJ Open, 8(3), Article e016768. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016768

OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of an internet intervention for low back pain (LBP) using three arms: (1) usual care, (2) usual care plus an internet intervention or (3) usual care plus an internet interventio... Read More about Using an internet intervention to support self-management of low back pain in primary care: findings from a randomised controlled feasibility trial (SupportBack)..