Factors Influencing the Use of Outcome Measures for Patients with Low Back Pain: A Survey of Nigerian Physiotherapists

• 作者: Christian Arinze Okonkwo Gloria Ukamaka Mgbeojedo Joseph Onuwa Umunnah Kenneth Umezulike Ani Peter Agba Awhen Peter Olanrewaju Ibikunle
• 来源期刊: 康复医学(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Outcome Measures Factors Influencing Their Use Low Back Pain Patients Nigeria Physiotherapists
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（3）
• 页码范围: 83-97
• 页数: 15页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Low back pain is one of the important patients’ presenting</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> complain that requires expert management from the physiotherapists. Yet no work was available for reference on the use of outcome measures for its e</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">valuation by Nigeria physiotherapists. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This study, therefore, investigated the outcome measures used by Nigerian physiotherapists</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">valuate patients with Low Back Pain and the fac</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tors that influenced their use. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A survey questionnaire was posted to 306 randomly selected mem</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bers</span><span> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP). Data were analyzed using f</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">requency, percentages, mean, ANOVA, and Pearson’s Chi</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">square. P</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">val</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ue was placed at 0.05. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 52.9% of the respondents (221) used a pain visual analog scale. Only 36.1% used LBP</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">specific clin