Reassuring Patients With Low Back Pain in Primary Care Consultations: Does it Happen, and Does it Matter? A ChiCo Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Reassurance is an important part of treatment for low back pain (LBP). The Consultation-based Reassurance Questionnaire measures patients' perceived reassurance after health care consultations on 4 subdomains (ie, Data-gathering, Relationship-building, Generic reassurance, Cognitive reassurance). The objectives of this study were to investigate associations between the level of reassurance and outcomes and to investigate if the associations were moderated by patients' risk profile.

Materials and methods

Adult patients consulting chiropractors for LBP were emailed the Consultation-based Reassurance Questionnaire directly after the consultation. Outcomes were Global Perceived Effect (GPE) after 2 weeks, and pain (Numeric Rating Scale) and disability (Roland-Morris D

SUBMITTER: Simonsen GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8270505 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature