Consumer understanding of terms used in imaging reports requested for low back pain: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate (1) self-reported societal comprehension of common and usually non-serious terms found in lumbar spine imaging reports and (2) its relationship to perceived seriousness, likely persistence of low back pain (LBP), fear of movement, back beliefs and history and intensity of LBP.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey of the general public.

Setting

Five English-speaking countries: UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Participants

Adults (age >18 years) with or without a history of LBP recruited in April 2019 with quotas for country, age and gender.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Self-reported understanding of 14 terms (annular fissure, disc bulge, disc degeneration, disc extrusion, disc height loss, disc protrusion, di

SUBMITTER: Farmer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438839 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature