Health care practitioners play a significant role in the management of LBP. Research on the process of knowledge translation, clinical decision making, and dealing with uncertainty to avoid aggravating LBP disability is clearly warranted.
Purpose: In this study, we characterized physiotherapists' attitudes and beliefs about the bio-psychosocial problem of low back pain (LBP), their use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), and the extent to which their advice and treatment is in line with best-evidence CPGs. Methods: One hundred eight physiotherapists completed an online survey that included questionnaires exploring the strength of physiotherapists' biomedical and bio-psychosocial orientations toward the management of LBP: the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists and the Attitudes to Back Pain Scale for musculoskeletal practitioners. In addition, participants responded to questions about treatment recommendations for patients in two vignettes. Results: Only 12% of respondents were aware of CPGs. Physiotherapists with a stronger biomedical orientation scored the severity of spinal pathology higher in the patient vignettes. A stronger biomedical orientation was also associated with disagreement with recommendations to return to usual activity or work. Conclusions:The results suggest limited awareness by physiotherapists of best-evidence CPGs and contemporary understandings of LBP that support early activation and self-management. Research to better understand and facilitate the implementation of best-evidence professional education and clinical practice is an urgent priority.Key Words: practice guideline; mobility limitation; low back pain; health knowledge, attitudes, practice. RÉ SUMÉObjectif : L'objectif de cette é tude é tait de caracté riser les attitudes et les croyances des physiothé rapeutes concernant les problè mes bio-psychosociaux lié s aux lombalgies, l'utilisation des lignes directrices de pratique clinique par ces professionnels et le degré de cohé rence entre leur opinion et leur traitement et les meilleures lignes directives de pratique clinique fondé es sur des é lé ments probants. Mé thode : Un é chantillon de 108 physiothé rapeutes a rempli un sondage en ligne qui comprenait des questionnaires qui se penchaient sur la teneur des orientations biomé dicales et psychosociales des physiothé rapeutes pour la gestion de lombalgies : é chelle des attitudes et des croyances face à la douleur pour les physiothé rapeutes (PABS-PT) et é chelle des attitudes face à la douleur dans les cas de lombalgie pour les praticiens du domaine musculosquelettique (ABS-mp). Les participants ont aussi ré pondu à des questions sur les recommandations de traitement pour deux cas fictifs. Ré sultats : Seuls 12 % des ré pondants connaissaient les lignes directrices de pratique clinique. Les physiothé rapeutes avec l'orientation biomé dicale la plus é levé e ont é valué les pathologies rachidiennes pré senté es avec plus de gravité . Une orientation biomé dicale plus é levé e a é galement é té associé e à un dé saccord avec les recommandations visant un retour aux activité s normales ou au travail. Conclusions : Ces ré sultats suggè rent un faible degré de sensibilisation des physiothé rapeutes aux lignes directrices de pratique cli...
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