Is knowledge a barrier to implementing low back pain guidelines? Assessing the knowledge of Israeli family doctors

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 785-791

  Dahan, Rachel ^a,b   Reis, Shmuel ^b   Borkan, Jeffry ^c,d   Brown, Judith Bell ^e   Hermoni, Doron ^b   Mansor, Nadia ^b   Harris, Stewart ^e  

^a Moshav Yaad   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to changing doctor behaviour; Clinical practice guideline; Low back pain; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 55349100238     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00847.x     Document Type: Review

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