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Table 3 Effects of physiotherapists’ interprofessional practices

From: Interprofessional practices of physiotherapists working with adults with low back pain in Québec’s private sector: results of a qualitative study

Positive effects

Negative effects

Patient-level:

   - Self-management

   - Pain management

   - Sense of being “taken care of”

   - Patient reactions

   - Confidence in providers

   - Timing and quality of recovery

   - Timing of interventions

   - Whole-person consideration

Provider-level:

   - Harmonization of messages

   - Provider reactions and interactions

   - Stimulation, peer-support, reassurance, pleasure, satisfaction

   - Knowledge acquisition

Organization-level:

   - Performance

   - Referrals (loss and over-referral)

   - Referrals

System-level:

   - Knowledge and credibility of physiotherapy profession