Learning to Improve the Management of Back pain In the Community

ISRCTN	ISRCTN30420389
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN30420389
Protocol serial number	5011
Sponsor	Bournemouth University (UK)
Funder	The Health Foundation (UK) (ref: 5107/4566)

Submission date: 29/04/2010
Registration date: 29/04/2010
Last edited: 21/07/2016

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Musculoskeletal Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Ms Louise Worswick
Scientific

Royal London House
Christchurch Road
Bournemouth
BH1 3LT
United Kingdom

Study information

Primary study design	Observational
Study design	Non-randomised interventional and observational cohort study
Secondary study design	Cohort study
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Learning to Improve the Management of Back pain In the Community: a non-randomised interventional and observational cohort study
Study acronym	LIMBIC
Study objectives	This study used a mixed method design which included a quantitative and qualitative component. The quantitative element of the project is the evaluation of patient outcomes (high level evaluation) and this data was collected from each of the participating 9 practices prior to commencement of the 8 workshops in 2008 and again following the workshops. Each practice attended the workshops as a team which were then evaluated in terms of their own learning and changes in their delivery of care around back pain.
Ethics approval(s)	Somerset Research Ethics Committee approved on the 9 August 2007 (ref: 07/H0205/36)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England; Subtopic: Not Assigned; Disease: All Diseases
Intervention	Nine practice team tool part in eight workshops and these were evaluated using focus group interviews with the team. The intervention was eight half day interprofessional educational workshops over a nine month period.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Improved patient outcomes of treatment of low back pain
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/03/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	1000
Key inclusion criteria	1. A general practice in Wiltshire or Bournemouth and Poole PCT willing to agree to participate in the study, send a team to the workshops and undertake the required data collection, including two focus group sessions 2. Patients aged 18 - 65 (either sex) presenting to their GP with acute low back pain for less than 12 weeks duration 3. All patients seeking primary care treatment for back pain of any kind
Key exclusion criteria	1. Unable to commit to the project, send a team to workshops, or undertake the data collection requirements 2. Duration greater than 12 weeks 3. Under 18 or older than 65 years 4. Serious spinal pathology 5. Trauma
Date of first enrolment	01/10/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/03/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

Royal London House

Bournemouth
BH1 3LT
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results:	15/07/2012		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes

Editorial Notes

21/07/2016: Publication reference added