Objectives: The study aimed to: 1) translate the Health Care Providers' Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale (HC-PAIRS) questionnaire into Arabic version; 2) investigate the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi physical therapy students toward chronic Low Back Pain (LBP); and 3) compare the HC-PAIRS scores of our students with those of Brazilian and Australian students from published data.Methods: A back-translated Arabic version of the HC-PAIRS questionnaire was distributed to 150 students from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years and was collected immediately upon completion. Published data for Brazilian and Australian students were compared with data from our students. Analyses of variance were used for all comparisons of the HC-PAIRS scores.Results: Response rate was 90%. No significant differences were found in the HC-PAIRS scores between students with chronic LBP and those without (P .10) or between students at different year levels (P .10). There were significant differences between our Saudi students and Brazilian and Australian students in the total score and all dimensions of HC-PAIRS (P < .05).Conclusion: This is the first study to translate HC-PAIRS into Arabic language. Compared with Brazilian and Australian students, Saudi physical therapy students
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