Involving patients and clinicians in the development of a randomised clinical trial protocol to assess spinal manual therapy versus nerve root injection for patients with lumbar radiculopathy: a patient and public involvement project to inform the SALuBRITY trial design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal manual therapy and corticosteroid nerve root injection are commonly used to treat patients with lumbar radiculopathy. The SALuBRITY trial-a two parallel group, double sham controlled, randomised clinical trial-is being developed to compare their effectiveness. By gathering patients' and clinicians' perspectives and involving them in discussions related to the trial research question and objectives, proposed trial recruitment processes, methods, and outcome measures, we aimed to improve the relevance and quality of the SALuBRITY trial.

Methods

We involved patients with lived experience of lumbar radiculopathy (n = 5) and primary care clinicians (n = 4) with experience in the treatment of these patients. Involvement activities included an initial kick-off eve

SUBMITTER: Ryf C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792780 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature