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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): Design of a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash associated disorders
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 8, Article 7, Year 2007
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Background. A substantial proportion of patients with whiplash injuries develop chronic symptoms. However, the best treatment of acute injuries to prevent long-term problems is uncertain. A stepped care treatment pathway has been proposed, in which patients are given advice and education at their initial visit to the emergency department (ED), followed by review at three weeks and physiotherapy for those with persisting symptoms. MINT is a two-stage randomised controlled trial to evaluate two components of such a pathway: 1. use of The Whiplash Book versus usual advice when patients first attend the emergency department; 2. referral to physiotherapy versus reinforcement of advice for patients with continuing symptoms at three weeks. Methods. Evaluation of the Whiplash Book versus usual advice uses a cluster randomised design in emergency departments of eight NHS Trusts. Eligible patients are identified by clinicians in participating emergency departments and are sent a study questionnaire within a week of their ED attendance. Three thousand participants will be included. Patients with persisting symptoms three weeks after their ED attendance are eligible to join an individually randomised study of physiotherapy versus reinforcement of the advice given in ED. Six hundred participants will be randomised. Follow-up is at 4, 8 and 12 months after their ED attendance. Primary outcome is the Neck Disability Index (NDI), and secondary outcomes include quality of life and time to return to work and normal activities. An economic evaluation is being carried out. Conclusion. This paper describes the protocol and operational aspects of a complex intervention trial based in NHS emergency and physiotherapy departments, evaluating two components of a stepped-care approach to the treatment of whiplash injuries. The trial uses two randomisations, with the first stage being cluster randomised and the second individually randomised. © 2007 Lamb et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lamb, Sarah E.
United Kingdom, Coventry
University of Warwick
United Kingdom, Oxford
John Radcliffe Hospital
Ashby, Deborah R.
United Kingdom, London
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Williams, Mark A.
United Kingdom, Coventry
University of Warwick
Gumber, A. K.
United Kingdom, Coventry
University of Warwick
Gates, Simon
Unknown Affiliation
Griffiths, Frances E.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2474-8-7
ISSN:
14712474
Research Areas
Disability
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cohort Study