General practitioners' fear-avoidance beliefs influence their management of patients with low back pain

Pain

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-337

  Coudeyre, Emmanuel ^a   Rannou, Francois ^a   Tubach, Florence ^a   Baron, Gabriel ^a   Coriat, Fernand ^a   Brin, Sylvie ^a   Revel, Michel ^a   Poiraudeau, Serge ^a  

^a Universite Paris 5 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Acute back pain; Beliefs; Fear avoidance beliefs; General practice; General practitioners; Low back pain; Outcome measure; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 33748685611     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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