Patients' perceived needs for allied health, and complementary and alternative medicines for low back pain: A systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Allied health and complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are therapeutic therapies commonly accessed by consumers to manage low back pain (LBP). We aimed to identify the literature regarding patients' perceived needs for physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy and CAM for the management of LBP.

Methods

A systematic scoping review of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO (1990-2016) was conducted to identify studies examining patients' perceived needs for allied health and CAM for LBP. Data regarding study design and methodology were extracted. Areas of patients' perceived need for allied health and CAM were aggregated.

Results

Forty-four studies from 2202 were included: 25 qualitative, 18 quantitative and 1 mixed-methods study. Three areas of need emerged

SUBMITTER: Chou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186543 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature