What is Keele STarT back tool?
The Keele university STarT back screening tool is a risk stratification tool designed for GP’s to empower decision making in the management of patients with Low back pain. Stratified care improves both clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and is both cheaper in both health costs and the cost to society.
What is the start back screening tool used for?
A back-pain screening tool designed to identify prognostic indicators relevant to general practitioner decision-making concerning initial treatment options in primary care.
What is SBST category?
The psychometric properties of the SBST are sufficient to allow for patients with LBP to be placed with confidence into one of three categories (low, medium, high). The validity of the SBST for other musculoskeletal disorders has not been established but is viewed as clinically sensible.
What is the start tool?
A validated screening tool (START) is one method of systematically identifying appropriate omitted medicines in clinical practice.
How is an ODI scored?
Each section is scored on a 0–5 scale, 5 representing the greatest disability. The index is calculated by dividing the summed score by the total possible score, which is then multiplied by 100 and expressed as a percentage. Thus, for every question not answered, the denominator is reduced by 5.
How does the Keele start back screening tool work?
The STarT Back Screening Tool The Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a simple prognostic questionnaire that helps clinicians identify modifiable risk factors (biomedical, psychological and social) for back pain disability. The resulting score stratifies patients into low, medium or high risk categories.
What are the scores on the Keele SBST?
The Keele SBST produces two scores: overall and distress (psych) subscale. These are used to stratify patients into low, medium and high risk groups which have their respective matched treatment packages. The patient is asked to think about the last 2 weeks and tick “disagree” or “agree” for questions 1-8 and then give a scale for question 9.
What is the Keele 5-item generic condition score?
The Keele SBST 5-item generic condition version is the 9-item psychosocial subscale adapted to screen/identify distress in other conditions. Scores range from 0-5 with patients scoring 4 or 5 being classified as a high psychosocial risk .
Is the start back approach used in the UK?
The STarT Back approach is used widely in the UK and and continues to be adopted internationally. To participate in this course, get access to hundreds of other courses and support the Physiopedia charity, become a Full or Professional Physioplus member today.