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Table 1 Characteristics of the two interventions

From: Comparing satisfaction with a participatory driven web-application and a standard website for patients with low back pain: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (part of the ADVIN Back Trial)

 

ARM 1: The intervention group

ARM 2: The control group

The new online material

The Patient Handbook (standard website)

Participants

Adult patients consulting Danish general practice with low back pain

Timing of intervention

Patients will be recruited consecutively. A patient will commence after a consultation at the GP and after providing informed consent online

Intervention delivery mode

Interventions can be delivered on smartphones, tablets, or PCs

Duration of intervention

Patients will receive reminders to access their interventions during the 12-week period, which corresponds to the total follow-up period

Intervention provider

The new online information is developed by patients, GPs, and the research group

The Patient Handbook is developed by Sundhed.dk. Containing articles written by medical doctors and allied healthcare professionals

Intervention provider training

The provider/development group consists of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, with input from users (patients and GPs)

The provider group consists of a variety of healthcare professionals. Medical doctors are responsible for the content

Site of intervention delivery

The interventions will be delivered at patients’ homes, or at other places where patients choose to access the material

Intervention process

Patients will be reminded to access the intervention after 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. The interventions can be accessed as frequently as the patients prefer. Patients log on with username and password. Following login, patients will be led to a questionnaire containing two questions. At baseline and after 12 weeks the questionnaires are longer

Intervention content

Guideline concordant information and advice for LBP produced by healthcare professionals an patients

Guideline concordant information and advice for LBP produced by healthcare professionals

Intervention materials

The interventions are delivered online. Some patients might choose to print exercise programmes or other materials on paper

Fidelity of treatment

Fidelity will be measured by the number occasions entering the information (both groups) and number of clicks and duration spent on their online information material (intervention group)

  1. GP general practitioner, LBP low back pain