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✅   Perceptions of advice for acute low back pain: a content analysis of qualitative data collected in a randomised experiment

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Objectives To explore how people perceive three different forms of advice for acute low back pain (LBP). Design Content analysis of qualitative data collected in a three-arm randomised experiment. Participants 2200 participants with acute LBP (ie, pain duration for ≤6 weeks) were randomly assigned to receive three types of advice: guideline advice and guideline advice with the addition of either brief pain science or ergonomics messages. Primary and secondary outcomes After receiving the advice, participants answered two questions: ‘If your health professional gave you this advice, how would it make you feel?’ and ‘If your health professional gave you this advice, what treatments (if any) do you think you would need?’ Two researchers coded ...

BMJ     Jul 24, 2024