Table 3.
VA Medical Center overlap in the Pain Management Collaboratory pragmatic trials
| PMC trial number | Tampa, FL | San Antonio, TX | Little Rock, AK | Portland, OR | St. Louis, MO | West Haven, CT | Los Angeles, CA | Minneapolis, MN | Durham, NC | Salisbury, NC | Boston, MA | Charleston, SC | Population and setting | Target sample size and location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | x | x | PT care for LBP (outpatient setting) |
N = 4672 3 MTF sites 2 VA sites |
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| 7 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Chronic MSD (secondary data analysis) |
N = 18,000 18 VA sites |
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| 6 | x | x | x | x | x | Chronic pain (outpatient clinics) |
N = 763 6 VA sites |
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| 2 | x | x | Chronic MSD (PCP and mental health clinics) |
N = 1100 8 VA sites |
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| 3 | x | x | x | Chronic LBP (chiropractic clinics) |
N = 766 4 VA sites |
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| 8 | x | x | x | Chronic MSD (outpatient setting) |
N = 750 4 VA sites |
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| 4 | x | x | x | Acute and chronic LBP (outpatient clinics) |
N = 1680 9 VA sites (16 clinics) |
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| 1 | x | Chronic MSD (PCP and mental health clinics) |
N = 764 9 VA sites |
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| Number of non-PMC pain studies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
x indicates overlapping site
AK Arkansas, CA California, CIH complementary integrative health, CT Connecticut, FL Florida, LA Los Angeles, LBP low back pain, MA Massachusetts, MD Maryland, MN Minnesota, MSD musculoskeletal disorder, MTFEC Military Treatment Facility, N number, NC North Carolina, PMC Pain Management Collaboratory, PT physical therapy, PCP primary care provider, SC South Carolina, TX Texas, VA Veterans Affairs