Abstract
Background: Negative low back pain (LBP) beliefs have been associated with greater disability among patients with LBP. The LBP beliefs of health care professionals (HCPs) are associated with the LBP beliefs of their patients. Intensive (8-day) education improves both the LBP beliefs of HCPs, and their stated management of LBP. However, it is unclear if shorter (2-3 day) educational workshops can effectively change the LBP beliefs of HCPs. This study examined whether educational, biopsychosocial workshops improve the LBP beliefs of physiotherapists. In addition, the study aimed to identify which LBP beliefs are modified, which factors facilitate these changes, and to compare LBP beliefs between countries. Methods: 150 physiotherapists attending a LBP workshop in one of three countries (Ireland, England or Germany) participated. LBP beliefs were evaluated using the Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) before and after the workshops. A small sample (n = 12) of participating physiotherapists
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 37 - 45 |
| Journal | Physiotherapy Practice and Research |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Physical Therapists
- Professional Knowledge
- Physical Therapy Practice
- Health Beliefs
- Education
- Continuing
- Seminars and Workshops
- Low Back Pain -- Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Therapy -- Education
- Funding Source
- Ireland
- England
- Germany
- Comparative Studies
- Questionnaires
- Thematic Analysis
- P-Value
- Job Experience
- Descriptive Statistics
- Education Research
- Summated Rating Scaling
- Scales
- Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
- Kruskal-Wallis Test
- One-Way Analysis of Variance
- Repeated Measures
- Post Hoc Analysis
- Mann-Whitney U Test
- Data Analysis Software
- Low Back Pain -- Psychosocial Factors
- Human