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Table 3 Information collected in the self-completed questionnaires

From: Testing the effectiveness of an innovative information package on practitioner reported behaviour and beliefs: The UK Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists Low back pain ManagemENT (COMPLeMENT) trial [ISRCTN77245761]

Information

Measure

Original authors

Items

Baseline

6 months

Demographic details

Age Professional group Years qualified NHS/Private Back pain workload Personal history of back pain

-

-

Yes

No

Reported behaviour relating to a patient vignette with non-specific acute low back pain and no 'red flags'.

Questions relating to a low back pain patient vignette (modified from original studies)

Modified from:

Bombardier et al 1995 [105]

Rainville et al 2000 [109]

Buchbinder et al 2001 [10]

Bishop & Foster 2005 [49]

3

Yes

Yes

Practitioner beliefs concerning the way that low back pain is likely to affect function

Modified Health Care Providers Pain and Impairment

Relationship scale (HC-PAIRS)

Modified from:

Rainville et al 1995 [110]

Houben et al 2004 [46]

13

Yes

Yes

Practitioner self- confidence in managing patients with low back pain

Practitioner self-confidence scale

Modified from:

Bush et al 1993 [117]

Smucker et al 1998 [118]

4

Yes

Yes

Practitioner attitudes towards the use of research and evidence in practice

Practitioners connections with research

Authority of information sources to influence practice

Modified from:

Connolly et al 2001 [119]

12

Yes

Yes