Brief psychologically informed physiotherapy training is associated with changes in physiotherapists’ attitudes and beliefs towards working with people with chronic pain

British Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-45

  Jacobs, Clair M ^a   Guildford, Beth J ^a   Travers, Warren ^a   Davies, Megan ^a   McCracken, Lance M ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Chronic pain; Physiotherapy; Psychological flexibility; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN AND IMPAIRMENT RELATIONSHIP SCALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

EID: 84981363467     PISSN: 20494637     EISSN: 20494645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2049463715600460     Document Type: Article

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