Treatment of patients of nonspecific chronic low back pain by physical therapists: a cross-sectional study
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Low Back Pain, Physical Therapy Specialty, Attitude, Unified Health SystemAbstract
Current studies have investigated the orientation of treatment that physical therapists adopt when treating nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) by assessing their attitudes and beliefs. However, in Brazil, little is known about this subject, especially in the context of the Unified Health System. This study aimed to describe the attitudes and beliefs of the physical therapists working in the Unified Health System treating patients with nonspecific chronic CLBP and to identify the relationship between their demographic and professional characteristics and the treatment guidelines for nonspecific chronic CLBP. This is a cross-sectional population-based study. Data were collected using a demographic and professional questionnaire, and the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists. Fortynine physical therapists participated in the study, and the results showed higher agreement with attitudes and beliefs related to a biomedical orientation. The score in this scale was 15.5% higher than in the behavioral one, and the correlation (p<0.05) between the time since graduation and the biopsychosocial treatment orientation was regular and positive. The conclusion was that biomedical beliefs were predominant among the physical therapists who treated nonspecific chronic CLBP in Unified Health System patients. This study also showed physical therapists with more time since graduation were more influenced by the biopsychosocial orientation.
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