Guideline implementation in the Canadian chiropractic setting: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial and parallel study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Feasibility and pilot studies are recommended prior to embarking on large-scale costly confirmatory trials. The objectives were to determine the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomized controlled trial (C-RCT) to evaluate a complex knowledge translation (KT) intervention to improve the management of people with neck pain, and to identify challenges and potential solutions to conducting a fully powered C-RCT in the chiropractic setting.

Methods

Pilot C-RCT involving a nationally representative sample of chiropractors and patients. We invited 400 chiropractors and 150 patients to participate. Clinicians were randomized to receive either an online theory-based KT educational and brief action plan (BAP) intervention (intervention group) or a copy of a clinical

SUBMITTER: Dhopte P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6636122 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature