Professionals and Patients in the Department of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationEMCIQUALNCT01848522
Creation and Setting up of Therapeutic Programs, Interprofessional Communication, Patients' Education and Counseling
An observational study of Professionals and Patients in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 3 sites in France.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to suggest system for improving patients' management through a detail analysis of physical therapy departments functioning Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Professionals and Patients in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- How many people
- 63 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesFrance
- Study dates
- Oct 2012to Jul 2014
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: In each of 3 centers, we will evaluate : * 13 healthcare professionals * 8 patients * 1 hospital executives
Who may be able to join
- For doctors: affiliation to physical therapy and rehabilitation departments, age, career and function
- For other health professionals: affiliation to physical therapy and rehabilitation departments, service length, age, gender
- For patients: age, gender and therapeutic programs
Who cannot join
- Persons not wishing to participate
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 1 country.
France3 sites
CHU Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier
Créteil, 94010
CHU Raymond Poincaré- Groupement hospitalier universitaire Ouest
Garches, 92380
Cochin Hospital
Paris, 75014
About this study
Official title: Creation and Setting up of Therapeutic Programs, Interprofessional Communication, Patients' Education and Counseling: a Qualitative Study in 3 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Departments
The purpose of this study is to suggest system for improving patients' management through a detail analysis of physical therapy departments functioning
Read the detailed description
First phase:
- Description of the actual patients' management through individual semi directive interviews and focus groups of health professionals, patients, and members of the hospital directory departments.
- Identification of barriers
Second phase: suggestion of system for improving patients' management
- Keywords
- qualitative study, rehabilitation, physical therapy, patient education, health care, administration, patient satisfaction, handicap
- Medical subject headings
- Patient Satisfaction
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Patient management system
Qualitative study in the form of semi-structured individual interviews and group meetings (focus group) with health professionals, patients (and members of the hospital management to collect comprehensive information, prior to the formalization and implementation of specific actions.
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 May 2013 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2012
- Primary completionJan 2014
- Study completionJul 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (8)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Professionals and Patients in the Department of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Other
- Enrolment
- 63 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes, URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Serge Poiraudeau, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, AP-HP, Descartes University, INSERM
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01848522
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NI10043
- Acronym
- EMCIQUAL
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 30 Apr 2013
- Last updated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Coudeyre E, Rannou F, Tubach F, Baron G, Coriat F, Brin S, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. General practitioners' fear-avoidance beliefs influence their management of patients with low back pain. Pain. 2006 Oct;124(3):330-337. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.003. Epub 2006 Jun 5.
PubMed 16750297Coudeyre E, Tubach F, Rannou F, Baron G, Coriat F, Brin S, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. Effect of a simple information booklet on pain persistence after an acute episode of low back pain: a non-randomized trial in a primary care setting. PLoS One. 2007 Aug 8;2(8):e706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000706.
PubMed 17684553Poiraudeau S, Rannou F, Le Henanff A, Coudeyre E, Rozenberg S, Huas D, Martineau C, Jolivet-Landreau I, Revel M, Ravaud P. Outcome of subacute low back pain: influence of patients' and rheumatologists' characteristics. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2006 Jun;45(6):718-23. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei231. Epub 2005 Dec 23.
PubMed 16377729Ravaud P, Flipo RM, Boutron I, Roy C, Mahmoudi A, Giraudeau B, Pham T. ARTIST (osteoarthritis intervention standardized) study of standardised consultation versus usual care for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care in France: pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2009 Feb 23;338:b421. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b421.
PubMed 19237406Woolf AD, Pfleger B. Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(9):646-56. Epub 2003 Nov 14.
PubMed 14710506Coudeyre E, Demaille-Wlodyka S, Poizat S, Burton K, Hamonet MA, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. Could a simple educational intervention modify beliefs about whiplash? A preliminary study among professionals working in a rehabilitation ward. Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2007 Oct;50(7):552-7, 545-51. doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.05.005. Epub 2007 Jun 18. English, French.
PubMed 17597246Coudeyre E, Givron P, Vanbiervliet W, Benaim C, Herisson C, Pelissier J, Poiraudeau S. [The role of an information booklet or oral information about back pain in reducing disability and fear-avoidance beliefs among patients with subacute and chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled trial in a rehabilitation unit]. Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2006 Nov;49(8):600-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2006.05.003. Epub 2006 May 26. French.
PubMed 16793163Alami S, Roren A, Hervouet L, Azouvi P, Desjeux D, Gracies JM, Lefevre-Colau MM, Poiraudeau S, Sanchez K, Rannou F, Nguyen C. Challenges and opportunities for implementing research and science in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 May;66(4):101701. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2022.101701. Epub 2022 Dec 1. No abstract available.
PubMed 35977675
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Creation and Setting up of Therapeutic Programs, Interprofessional Communication, Patients' Education and Counseling: a Qualitative Study in 3 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Departments
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01848522
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EMCIQUAL / NI10043
- Keywords
- qualitative study, rehabilitation, physical therapy, patient education, health care, administration, patient satisfaction, handicap
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 63 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes, URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Study start
- Oct 2012
- Primary completion
- Jan 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jul 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 May 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to suggest system for improving patients' management through a detail analysis of physical therapy departments functioning
Detailed description
First phase:
- Description of the actual patients' management through individual semi directive interviews and focus groups of health professionals, patients, and members of the hospital directory departments.
- Identification of barriers
Second phase: suggestion of system for improving patients' management
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Other
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- In each of 3 centers, we will evaluate : * 13 healthcare professionals * 8 patients * 1 hospital executives
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- For doctors: affiliation to physical therapy and rehabilitation departments, age, career and function
- For other health professionals: affiliation to physical therapy and rehabilitation departments, service length, age, gender
- For patients: age, gender and therapeutic programs
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Persons not wishing to participate
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Patient management system
Time frame: 1 year
Qualitative study in the form of semi-structured individual interviews and group meetings (focus group) with health professionals, patients (and members of the hospital management to collect comprehensive information, prior to the formalization and implementation of specific actions.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Mar 2026.
- Background: PubMed 16750297Coudeyre E, Rannou F, Tubach F, Baron G, Coriat F, Brin S, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. General practitioners' fear-avoidance beliefs influence their management of patients with low back pain. Pain. 2006 Oct;124(3):330-337. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.003. Epub 2006 Jun 5.
- Background: PubMed 17684553Coudeyre E, Tubach F, Rannou F, Baron G, Coriat F, Brin S, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. Effect of a simple information booklet on pain persistence after an acute episode of low back pain: a non-randomized trial in a primary care setting. PLoS One. 2007 Aug 8;2(8):e706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000706.
- Background: PubMed 16377729Poiraudeau S, Rannou F, Le Henanff A, Coudeyre E, Rozenberg S, Huas D, Martineau C, Jolivet-Landreau I, Revel M, Ravaud P. Outcome of subacute low back pain: influence of patients' and rheumatologists' characteristics. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2006 Jun;45(6):718-23. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei231. Epub 2005 Dec 23.
- Background: PubMed 19237406Ravaud P, Flipo RM, Boutron I, Roy C, Mahmoudi A, Giraudeau B, Pham T. ARTIST (osteoarthritis intervention standardized) study of standardised consultation versus usual care for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care in France: pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2009 Feb 23;338:b421. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b421.
- Background: PubMed 14710506Woolf AD, Pfleger B. Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(9):646-56. Epub 2003 Nov 14.
- Background: PubMed 17597246Coudeyre E, Demaille-Wlodyka S, Poizat S, Burton K, Hamonet MA, Revel M, Poiraudeau S. Could a simple educational intervention modify beliefs about whiplash? A preliminary study among professionals working in a rehabilitation ward. Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2007 Oct;50(7):552-7, 545-51. doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.05.005. Epub 2007 Jun 18. English, French.
- Background: PubMed 16793163Coudeyre E, Givron P, Vanbiervliet W, Benaim C, Herisson C, Pelissier J, Poiraudeau S. [The role of an information booklet or oral information about back pain in reducing disability and fear-avoidance beliefs among patients with subacute and chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled trial in a rehabilitation unit]. Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2006 Nov;49(8):600-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2006.05.003. Epub 2006 May 26. French.
- Results publication: PubMed 35977675Alami S, Roren A, Hervouet L, Azouvi P, Desjeux D, Gracies JM, Lefevre-Colau MM, Poiraudeau S, Sanchez K, Rannou F, Nguyen C. Challenges and opportunities for implementing research and science in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 May;66(4):101701. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2022.101701. Epub 2022 Dec 1. No abstract available.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Serge Poiraudeau, MD, PhD principal investigator
AP-HP, Descartes University, INSERM
3 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Professionals and Patients in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 3 sites in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Patient management system (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01848522, which also lists 8 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Mar 2026.