Screening and Referral Practices for Anxiety and Depression Among Patients With Chronic Neck, Shoulder and Low Back Pain Within Physiotherapy Practices
Active, not recruitingNCT07177547
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The goal of this cross-sectional, qualitative study is to investigate whether physiotherapists screen for symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and to explore the facilitators and barriers related to these practices. The main questions aim to answer are: * What are the current practices of physiotherapists in private practice for screening anxiety and depression among patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain? * What are the facilitators and barriers influencing physiotherapists' screening and referral practices for mental health care? Participants will: * Take part in a semi-structured interview (online or in person). * Be asked about their experiences, attitudes, and practices related to recognizing, screening, managing, and referring patients with anxiety and depression. * Participants will share perspectives on barriers and facilitators to integrating mental health screening into physiotherapy.
Study details
- Official title
- Screening and Referral Practices for Anxiety and Depression Among Patients With Chronic Neck, Shoulder and Low Back Pain Within Private Physiotherapy Practices: a Qualitative Study.
- Interventions
- Other: Mental health screening and referral practices in physiotherapy
- Sponsor
- Ana Catarina Navarro Ramalho
- Organization
- KU Leuven
- Start date
- 2025-05-05
- Primary completion
- 2025-09-18
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: \- Physiotherapists treating patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Purposive sampling was used to obtain: * Varied clinical experience: Less than 5 years of practice and more than 5 years of practice. * Varied exposure to mental health training: With and without specialized training in mental health. Exclusion Criteria: * None
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07177547