Individual preferences for physical exercise as secondary prevention for non-specific low back pain: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise is effective in improving non-specific low back pain (LBP). Certain components of physical exercise, such as the type, intensity and frequency of exercise, are likely to influence participation among working adults with non-specific LBP, but the value and relative importance of these components remain unknown. The study's aim was to examine such specific components and their influence on individual preferences for exercise for secondary prevention of non-specific LBP among working adults.

Methods

In a discrete choice experiment, working individuals with non-specific LBP answered a web-based questionnaire. Each respondent was given ten pairs of hypothetical exercise programs and asked to choose one option from each pair. The choices comprised six attribute

SUBMITTER: Aboagye E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5731740 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature