Project Description
Funding Source: HRSA
Grant Number: R18HP15126
Award Amount: $1,270,911
Funding Period: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2013
Principal Investigator: Christine Goertz
Collaborative Institutions: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Iowa City VA Healthcare System
Co-Investigators: Andrew Andresen, M.D., Maria Hondras, D.C., M.P.H., Ph.D., Mark Jones, Pharm.D., Lisa Killinger, D.C., Cynthia Long, Ph.D., Kevin Lyons, Ph.D., Stacie Salsbury, Ph.D., R.N., Robert Vining, D.C., Robert Wallace, M.D., M.S., Fredric Wolinsky, Ph.D.
Description: The goal of this project was to develop and evaluate an interprofessional model of collaborative care between medical doctors and doctors of chiropractic for the care of older adults with low back pain.
Presentations
Goertz C, Salsbury S, Vining R, Hondras M, Jones M, Andresen A, Killinger L, Wolinsky F, Wallace R. Collaborative Care for Older Adults with Back Pain (COCOA): Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health, May 17-20, 2016, Las Vegas, NV. (Poster)
Salsbury S, Hubbard J, Hartman J, Twist E, Alexander W, Boysen J, Vining R, Goertz C. Self-care, Exercise and Healthcare Seeking Strategies Used by Older Adults with Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial. International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health, May 17-20, 2016, Las Vegas, NV. (Poster)
Salsbury S, Alexander W, Boysen J, Hartman J, Hubbard J, Twist E, Vining R, Goertz C. Multimorbidity, Musculoskeletal Complaints, and Pain Characteristics of Older Adults with Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis from a Controlled Trial. ACC-RAC Conference, March 17-19, 2016, Orlando, FL. (Platform)
Publications
Wells BM, Salsbury SA, Nightingale LM, Derby DC, Lawrence DJ, Goertz CM. Improper communication makes for squat: a qualitative study of the health-care processes experienced by older adults in a clinical trial for back pain. J Patient Exp 2020;7(4):507-515.
Salsbury SA,Vining RD, Hondras MA, Wallace RB, Lyons KJ, Killinger LZ, Goertz CM. Interprofessional attitudes and interdisciplinary practices for older adults with back pain among doctors of chiropractic: a descriptive survey. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2019;42(4):295-305.
Salsbury SA, Goertz CM, Vining RD, Hondras M, Andresen AA, Long CR, Lyons KJ, Killinger LZ, Wallace RB. Interdisciplinary practice models for older adults with back pain: a qualitative evaluation. The Gerontologist 2018; 58(2): 376-387.
Goertz CM, Salsbury SA, Long CR, Vining RD,Andresen AA, Hondras MA, Lyons KJ, Killinger LZ,Wolinsky FD, Wallace RB. Patient-centered professional practice models for managing low back pain in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatr 2017;17(235).
Goertz CM, Salsbury SA, Vining RD, Long CR, Andresen AA, Jones ME, Lyons KJ, Hondras MA, Killinger LZ, Wolinsky FD, Wallace RB (2013). Collaborative care for older adults: study protocol for a pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial of co-management of patients with low back pain by family medicine physicians and doctors of chiropractic. Trials 14:18