Barriers to primary care clinician adherence to clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain: Protocol of a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Slade, Susan C ^a,b   Kent, Peter ^c   Bucknall, Tracey ^a,d,e   Molloy, Elizabeth ^f   Patel, Shilpa ^g   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84928129024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007265     Document Type: Review

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