Abstract
Introduction: Self-efficacy is a determinant of function and pain outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain receiving physiotherapy. The McKenzie approach is an effective intervention for patients with back pain that may affect self-efficacy. Study aims were to determine if, among patients with back pain being managed by McKenzie-credentialed physiotherapists: intake self-efficacy is correlated with intake function and pain; intake self-efficacy is associated with changes in function and pain during treatment; self-efficacy improves during treatment; and improvements in self-efficacy during treatment are associated with improvements in function and pain at discharge. Methods: Two-hundred-eighty-two subjects with chronic low back pain seen by McKenzie-credentialed clinicians provided data on self-efficacy, function and pain at intake and discharge. Results: Self-efficacy was correlated with function and pain at intake; however, intake self-efficacy was not associated with function or pain outcomes. Self-efficacy increased during treatment. This increase was associated with improvements in function and pain at discharge. Conclusion: While intake self-efficacy was associated with function and pain when initiating physiotherapy, it did not result in improved treatment outcomes. Specific interventions may be necessary to improve self-efficacy. The increases in self-efficacy observed during treatment were associated with improvements in function and pain outcomes at discharge.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 38-45 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2023 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Keywords
- Low back pain
- functional improvements
- pain outcomes
- physiotherapy
- self efficacy