Pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards chronic low back pain: An osteopathic educational institution-based cross-sectional survey

Practitioners’ fear-avoidance beliefs can influence positively or negatively therapeutic outcomes in their patients. This study reports pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards the management of chronic low back pain (cLBP). An online cross-sectio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of osteopathic medicine 2021-12, Vol.42, p.61-68
Main Authors: Mhadhbi, Hakim, Thierry-Hildenbrand, Benoit, Draper-Rodi, Jerry, Esteves, Jorge E., Ménard, Mathieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beliefs
Chronic pain
Education
Life Sciences
Low back pain
Osteopathic medicine
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Practitioners’ fear-avoidance beliefs can influence positively or negatively therapeutic outcomes in their patients. This study reports pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards the management of chronic low back pain (cLBP). An online cross-sectional survey was proposed to educators and students. It included sociodemographic characteristics and two questionnaires: the FABQ-HC to assess beliefs on the effects of physical and work activities for people with cLBP, and the NPQ to assess participants' knowledge of pain. Participants (N = 172) had mean FABQ-HC subscale scores of 11.02 ± 4.44 (Physical activity) and 24.37 ± 11.78 (Work). The mean NPQ total score was 11.90 ± 2.05. There were no significant score differences between students and educators (p > 0.05). Results showed that Year 4 students (N = 65) had a significantly better score (p 
ISSN:1746-0689
1878-0164
DOI:10.1016/j.ijosm.2021.12.002