Low back pain‐related beliefs and likely practice behaviours among final‐year cross‐discipline health students

Briggs, Andrew M.; Slater, Helen; Smith, Anne; Parkin-Smith, Gregory F.; Watkins, Kim; Chua, Jason

doi:10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00246.x

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“…A recent study showed that Australian physical therapy students had a total score of 40.2 on HC-PAIRS. 13 Although it was not significant, Burnett et al 17 found a higher HC-PAIRS total score in Singaporean (61.5) and Taiwanese (60.8) compared with Australian (57.8) physical therapy students. Briggs et al 13 found that physical therapy students reported more helpful beliefs than students from other disciplines, namely, chiropractic, medicine, occupational therapy, and pharmacy.…”

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“…13 Although it was not significant, Burnett et al 17 found a higher HC-PAIRS total score in Singaporean (61.5) and Taiwanese (60.8) compared with Australian (57.8) physical therapy students. Briggs et al 13 found that physical therapy students reported more helpful beliefs than students from other disciplines, namely, chiropractic, medicine, occupational therapy, and pharmacy. Ferreira et al 14 reported that the Brazilian students and the Australian students in Latimer's study 6 had similar demographic characteristics, except that 22.2% of the Australian students had a previous degree (3.9%).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Therefore, the accuracy in predicting actual practice behaviors and beliefs of the students following graduation or the generalizability of the results to students of other nationalities has to be considered with caution. 13 …”

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A comparison of the attitudes toward chronic low back pain in Saudi, Australian and Brazilian physical therapy students

Alshami

Albahrani

2015

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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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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A comparison of the attitudes toward chronic low back pain in Saudi, Australian and Brazilian physical therapy students

Alshami

Albahrani

2015

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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“…Indeed, it has been shown that unhelpful beliefs are associated with higher levels of pain and disability [21-24]. These beliefs can be influenced either positively or negatively by interactions with HCPs [25-27], which are in turn influenced by health professionals’ training, their clinical interests in the management of LBP and the beliefs held by the HCPs themselves [27-29]. …”

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Low back pain beliefs are associated to age, location of work, education and pain-related disability in Chinese healthcare professionals working in China: a cross sectional survey

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et al. 2014

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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BackgroundLow back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Evidence pointing towards a more efficacious model of care using a biopsychosocial approach for LBP management highlights the need to understand the pain-related beliefs of patients and those who treat them. The beliefs held by healthcare professionals (HCPs) are known to influence the treatment advice given to patients and consequently management outcomes. Back pain beliefs are known to be influenced by factors such as culture, education, health literacy, place of work, personal experience of LBP and the sequelae of LBP such as disability. There is currently a knowledge gap among these relationships in non-western countries. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between LBP-related beliefs among Chinese HCPs and characteristics of these HCPs.MethodsA convenience sample of 432 HCPs working in various health settings in Shanghai, China, completed a series of questionnaires assessing their demographic characteristics, LBP status, pain-related disability and their beliefs about their own LBP experience, using the Back beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) and the Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ).ResultsYounger Chinese HCPs (20–29 years) held more negative beliefs and attitudes related to LBP compared to older HCPs (>40years; BBQ mean difference [95% CI]: 2.4 [0.9 - 3.9], p = 0.001). HCPs working outside tertiary hospitals had poorer beliefs concerning the inevitable consequences of LBP (BBQ mean difference [95% CI]: −2.4 [−3.8 - −1.0], p = 0.001). HCPs who experienced LBP had higher level of fear avoidance beliefs when experiencing high LBP-related disability (FABQ-physical mean difference [95% CI]: 2.8 [1.5 - 4.1], p < 0.001; FABQ-work mean difference [95% CI]: 6.2 [4.0 - 8.4], p < 0.001)) and had lower level of fear avoidance beliefs if they had completed postgraduate study (FABQ-physical mean difference [95% CI]: 2.9 [−5.8 - 0.0], p = 0.049).ConclusionThis study suggests that LBP-related beliefs and attitudes among Chinese HCPs are influenced by age, location of work, level of LBP-related disability and education level. Understanding back pain beliefs of Chinese HCPs forms an important foundation for future studies into the condition and its management in China.

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“…Results from a survey of 171 final year Australian physiotherapy students responding to a vignette describing a woman with acute LBP with no red flags were similar.62% of the students indicated they would recommend physical activity and 75% would recommend avoiding bed rest [18]. For vignette 5, where imaging was indicated for a suspected fracture, 79% of physiotherapists reported they would X-ray, and 32% reported they would refer to another practitioner.…”

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Providing services for acute low-back pain: A survey of Australian physiotherapists

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Low back pain‐related beliefs and likely practice behaviours among final‐year cross‐discipline health students

Abstract: Aligning cross-discipline university curricula with current evidence may provide an opportunity to facilitate translation of this evidence into practice with a focus on a consistent, cross-discipline approach to LBP management.

Cited by 62 publications

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A comparison of the attitudes toward chronic low back pain in Saudi, Australian and Brazilian physical therapy students

A comparison of the attitudes toward chronic low back pain in Saudi, Australian and Brazilian physical therapy students

Low back pain beliefs are associated to age, location of work, education and pain-related disability in Chinese healthcare professionals working in China: a cross sectional survey

Providing services for acute low-back pain: A survey of Australian physiotherapists

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