Judgement analysis of case severity and future risk of disability regarding chronic low back pain by general practitioners in Ireland.

ABSTRACT: Chronic low back pain is a major healthcare burden that has wide ranging effects on the individual, their family, society and the workplace. However, appropriate management and treatment is often difficult, as a majority of cases are non-specific in terms of underlying pathology. As a result, there are extensive differences in both individual patient preferences for treatment and treatment decisions amongst general practitioners. The current study examined the clinical judgements of GPs in Ireland, regarding fictional patients' case severity and future risk of disability, through judgement analysis. Judgement analysis (JA) is an idiographic regression modelling technique that has been utilised in extant healthcare research for the purpose of allocating weighting to judgement criteria, or c

SUBMITTER: Dwyer CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5868792 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature