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| Controlled trial of an open-access physiotherapy service |
| Gentle PH, Herlihy PJ, Roxburgh IO |
| Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1984 Jul;34(264):371-376 |
| clinical trial |
| 5/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed* |
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A randomized controlled trial of outpatient open-access physiotherapy was carried out at West Cornwall Hospital during 1979 and 1980. The referral rate to consultant outpatient clinics for those patients offered open-access physiotherapy was considerably lower than for the control group (17% and 56% respectively). Patients using the service received physiotherapy promptly although this did not result in shorter treatments. Those of the control group who eventually received physiotherapy had faced considerable delays. An analysis of self-reported information showed that patients receiving open-access physiotherapy recovered more rapidly. Taken overall, the results support the concept of open-access physiotherapy.
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