Patient Characteristics Are Associated With Differences in Perceptions of Reassurance After a Consultation for Low Back Pain: Analysis of an Observational Study in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with low back pain (LBP) report different perceptions of reassurance after a consultation. We aimed to determine whether patient characteristics are associated with differences in patient perceptions of reassurance.

Methods

Secondary analysis of 2048 adults presenting with back pain to a chiropractor. We used linear mixed models to determine associations between patient sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics and the outcome of reassurance measured using the four subscales of the Consultation-based Reassurance Questionnaire (CRQ).

Results

Patients with higher perceived risk of pain persistence reported perceiving less reassurance in their consultation, on all four subscales of the CRQ: data-gathering (regression co-efficient -0.1

SUBMITTER: Young A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12323289 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature