Patient Expectations From Consultation and Treatment of Spine Pain in a Private Spine Rehabilitation Clinic in Urban India.

ABSTRACT: Despite high prevalence of spine pain among the Indian population, patient expectations regarding consultation and its treatment are unknown. We aimed to determine consultation and treatment expectations among patients visiting a spine rehabilitation clinic in urban India. We included 194 consecutive patients who completed a consultation expectation (CE) and treatment outcome expectation (OE) questionnaires and the Patient-Centered Outcome Questionnaire (PCOQ). To learn about the most suitable treatment for their problem (98%), and to know what kind of activities they could do and should avoid (96%) were the most important CEs, and to achieve complete relief of symptoms (96%), and prevent recurrence of pain (95%) were the most important OEs. For successful treatment, patients expected PCOQ

SUBMITTER: Jain S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326608 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature