This project continuing to study on the effectiveness of a Chatbot in promoting adherence to home physiotherapy treatment for patients, in this case, with cervical musculoskeletal injuries and pain. The use of digital technologies and media is an important option to complement in-person treatment and promote adherence to treatment at home. The research aims to verify whether the use of a Chatbot as a means of communication can produce improvements in patient adherence and clinical results.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
49
One-week, three sessions in alternate days, outpatient supervised education on how to perform the exercises at home
12 week- intervention consisting of messages with an explanatory video of each exercise indicating how to do it and how many repetitions to perform
12 week- intervention. Printed sheets indicating how to exercises and how many repetitions to perform
David Hernández Guillén
Valencia, Spain
Adherence
Record of the number of sessions performed.
Time frame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks
Visual analogue scale (VAS)
Numerical scale from 0 to 10, where 0 indicates no pain and 10 is the maximum pain experienced.
Time frame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks
Disability
The Neck Disability Index (NDI) consists of ten questions in the following domains: Pain Intensity, Personal Care, Lifting, Reading, Headaches, Concentration, Work, Driving, Sleeping, and Recreation. Scoring: Each question contains six answer choices, scored from 0 (no disability) to 5 (complete disability).
Time frame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks
Satisfaction scale with the treatment received
The CRES-4 satisfaction scale consists of four items designed to evaluate whether patients are satisfied with the therapy they have received and whether it has been perceived as effective. Its global score is intended to reflect treatment effectiveness as perceived by the patient. It is a good complementary tool to judge, in particular, satisfaction with the treatment received. Consists of four questions, and score with a score ranging from 0 to 18 points. The more points, the more satisfied you are with the treatment.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Sistem usability scale
It consists of a 10 item questionnaire for measuring the usability of the experimental intervention tool with five response options for respondents, from Strongly agree to Strongly disagree
Time frame: 12 weeks
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