Chronic Pain Management Approaches among Spanish Physiotherapists: Influences, Practices, Barriers, and Challenges.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated Spanish physiotherapists' orientations toward biopsychosocial and biomedical approaches in chronic pain management through a cross-sectional survey of 447 registered professionals. Validated questionnaires assessed knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) identified influential factors and ordinal regression determined the frequency of biopsychosocial application. Content analysis of open-ended responses explored barriers to biopsychosocial implementation. Over 50% of physiotherapists favored the biopsychosocial model, influenced by interdisciplinary work settings, advanced pain knowledge, and specific training. Comprehensive pain knowledge significantly impacted both biomedical and biopsychosocial orientations inversely. The bio

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Fernandez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11433413 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature