Characteristics of Back Pain Callers

NCT03474068 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 073/17
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 7,120
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Back pain is experienced by approximately 80% of the population during their life. However, only a small minority (\<1%) will have a medical condition (such as Cauda Equina Syndrome) which requires immediate medical intervention. Currently, it is not known how many people access Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in an attempt to meet their needs for their back pain. The demand on EMS is increasing and many of these patients could be better managed by other services. Additionally, little is known about the characteristics of those accessing EMS due to back pain, or the nature of the contacts regarding issues such as outcome of the patient contact. The aims of this study are:

1. 1.to quantify the prevalence of people contacting EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain
2. 2.to describe the characteristics of people calling EMS with non-traumatic back pain
3. 3.to describe key characteristics of the contact between the service user and EMS
4. 4.to compare the call prevalence, patient characteristics and contact characteristics between people with non-traumatic back pain and a group of people for whom EMS contact is recommended as standard, in this case people presenting with cerebrovascular accident (CVA).

Conditions

Back Pain

Keywords

Emergency Medical Services, Stroke, Ambulances

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Number of people calling EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Age of people calling EMS with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Gender of people calling EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Deprivation score of people calling EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Time of calls to EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Date of calls to EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain.

  1 year

• Duration of patient care of patients with non-traumatic back pain attended by EMS.

  1 year

• Drugs given to patients with non-traumatic back pain attended by EMS.

  1 year

• Destination of patients with non-traumatic back pain attended by EMS.

  1 year

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People contacting EMS.

You may qualify if:

• Patients having accessed EMS by contacting the North East Ambulance Service between 01-08-2016 and 31-07- 2017
• Aged 16 or over
• Initially coded as, or with a clinical impression of, non-traumatic back pain or cerebrovascular attack (CVA).

You may not qualify if:

• \. Below the age of 16

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Teesside University: lead
• North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Back Pain; Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Cormac Ryan

  Teesside University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2018
• First Posted: March 22, 2018
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2017
• Study Completion: July 31, 2017
• Last Updated: December 3, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share