Does children's healthcare seeking change after participation in a musculoskeletal study? A register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participating in research studies often involves interactions with healthcare professionals, potentially influencing the participant's future help-seeking behaviour. We investigated whether participating in the Childhood Health Activity and Motor Performance School Study - Denmark (CHAMPS) (2008-2014), which involved telephone consultations and clinical assessments by healthcare professionals with participants experiencing musculoskeletal complaints, changed frequency of contacts with primary public healthcare services among participants over the subsequent five-years-period, compared to non-participating children.

Methods

Using Danish health register data from 1998 to 2020, we compared CHAMPS participant's and two control group's contacts with private physiothera

SUBMITTER: Lykkegaard CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature