The clinical and cultural factors in classifying low back pain patients within Greece: A qualitative exploration of Greek health professionals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-345

  Billis, Evdokia V ^a,b   McCarthy, Christopher J ^b   Stathopoulos, Ioannis ^c   Kapreli, Eleni ^a   Pantzou, Paulina ^d   Oldham, Jacqueline A ^b,e  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classifying LBP; Cultural factors; Doctors; Focus groups; Health professionals; Physiotherapists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 34249039871     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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