The Influence of an Educational Intervention in the Beliefs and Attitudes of Primary Care Professionals

Brief summary (from the registry)

Aim: The primary aim of this project is to identify the fear-avoidance beliefs and attitudes of primary care physicians and nurses towards the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain to subsequently develop a biopsychosocial educational tool using a web platform. The secondary aim of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of this educational intervention about pain neurophysiology and fear-avoidance beliefs, using a web platform for primary care physicians and nurses. Methods: Exploratory sequential mixed method design. For the qualitative phase of this study, researchers will use personal semistructured interviews. For the quantitative phase the authors will use an experimental study design. Subjects: medical and nursing staff working in primary care centers in the city of Lleida, Spain. Expected outcomes: the authors expect to change and modify wrong beliefs and attitudes about chronic low back pain of physicians and nurses working in primary care settings, using a web-based educational tool with the additional result of increasing knowledge on pain neurophysiology and reducing fear-avoidance beliefs.

Study details

Official title

The Influence of an Educational Internet-based Intervention in the Beliefs and Attitudes of Primary Care Professionals on Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain: Study Protocol of a Mixed Methods Approach

Conditions

• Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Interventions

• Other: Educational intervention
• Other: Video explaining the clinical practice guidelines on low back pain

Sponsor

Universitat de Lleida

Start date

2016-10

Primary completion

2018-02

Sex

All

Age range

from 22 Years to 65 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Spain

Total sites listed

1

Eligibility criteria