Individuals with chronic low back pain have greater difficulty in engaging in positive lifestyle behaviours than those without back pain: An assessment of health literacy

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Briggs, Andrew ^a   Jordan, Joanne ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b   Burnett, Angus ^c,d   Osborne, Richard ^e   Straker, Leon ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health information; health literacy; HeLMS; low back pain; self management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH LITERACY MEASUREMENT SCALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RATING SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960556270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-161     Document Type: Article

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