Lay perceptions of evidence-based information--a qualitative evaluation of a website for back pain sufferers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an evidence-informed patient choice the patient has access to research-based information about the effectiveness of health care options and is encouraged to use this information in treatment decisions. This concept has seen growing popularity in recent years. However, we still know relatively little about users' attitudes to the use of research-based information, possibly because people have been unexposed to this type of information. After developing the BackInfo website where the results of Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of low back pain were adapted and presented to lay users we evaluated how users responded to this information.

Methods

Focus group meetings were held with 18 chronic back pain sufferers, after they had been sent a link to the webs

SUBMITTER: Glenton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1459152 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature