The relevance of psychosocial guidelines for the management of patients with acute low back pain – an evaluation by focus groups
Item
- Title
- The relevance of psychosocial guidelines for the management of patients with acute low back pain – an evaluation by focus groups
- Author(s)
- McIntyre Cindy
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to explore the opinions of selected BSO osteopaths on the concept and relevance of psychosocial guidelines for the management of patients with acute low back pain to prevent them from becoming chronically disabled.Two focus groups were utilised with participation from 9 osteopaths in total. The participants were given an extract of current psychosocial guidelines and were asked 3 questions. Subsequent discussions were recorded, transcribed and analysed using aspects of content analysis, grounded theory and axial analysis.The results did not wholly support or negate the hypothesis that practitioners would recommend psychosocial guidelines in the management of patients with acute low back pain, and that current guidelines can be used for this purpose.The osteopaths recognised the importance of the information portrayed by the guidelines but suggested that they should remain patient centred. They proposed that the osteopathic profession needed increased awareness before guidelines could be introduced, but that guidelines may not be the correct vehicle for dissemination of the information. Finally, the osteopaths were fairly unanimous in their dislike of the extracts from the Kendall et al psychosocial guidelines, particularly the questionnaire.
- Abstract
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2000
- Date Submitted
- 31.7.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12184
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Psychosocial,Low Back Pain,Guidelines
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
McIntyre Cindy, “The relevance of psychosocial guidelines for the management of patients with acute low back pain – an evaluation by focus groups”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2276