What do people believe to be the cause of low back pain? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore how causal beliefs regarding non-specific low back pain (LBP) have been quantitatively investigated.

Methods

A scoping review based on the guidelines by the JBI (former Joanna Briggs Institute) was conducted. We searched Medline, Embase, Psychinfo, and CINAHL for relevant studies and included peer-reviewed original articles that measured causal beliefs about non-specific LBP among adults and reported results separate from other belief domains.

Results

A total of 81 studies were included, of which 62 (77%) had cross sectional designs, 11 (14%) were cohort studies, 3 (4%) randomized controlled trials, 4 (5%) non-randomized controlled trials, and 1 (1%) case control. Only 15 studies explicitly mentioned cause, triggers, or etiology in the study aim.

SUBMITTER: Gron S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10679815 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature