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Table 1 PT background data, attitudes towards a behavioral medicine working model and self-efficacy for managing patients with and without yellow flags (n =12)

From: Physical therapists’ assessments, analyses and use of behavior change techniques in initial consultations on musculoskeletal pain: direct observations in primary health care

Background variable

 

Sex, female n

12

Age, mean (range)

50 (39-57)

Years in the profession, mean (range)

19 (10-35)

Years in primary healthcare, mean (range)

14 (3-28)

Further education

 

 Behavioral medicine or cognitive behavioral therapy, n

6

 Motivational interviewing, n

5

 Pain treatment/rehabilitation, acupuncture, n

7

 Orthopedic manual therapy, n

8

 Other coursesa, n

12

Attitudes towards a behavioral medicine working model for clinical reasoning Md (IQR)

 

 1. How important is it for you to work according to a behavioral medicine model for clinical reasoning? (NRS 0-10)b

8.5 (2.5)

 2. How confident are you to work according to a behavioral medicine model of clinical reasoning? (NRS 0-10)b

6.0 (2.7)

 3. How ready are you to work according to a behavioral medicine model of clinical reasoning? (NRS 0-10)b

7.0 (4.5)

Self-efficacy Md (IQR)

 

Managing patients with fear of movement and/ or catastrophizingc (0-90)

60.0 (45.0)

Managing patients without fear of movement and/ or catastrophizingd (0-70)

45.0 (28.0)

  1. aMcKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT), medical exercise therapy, specific manual treatment of the joints, body awareness treatment, sports medicine, educational courses and physical activity and exercise. b rating scale 0-10, where 0 = not important at all/ low confidence/ not ready at all, and 10 = extremely important/ high confidence/ completely ready c 9 items, rating scale 0-10, where 0 = low self-efficacy and 10 = high self-efficacy
  2. d 7 items, rating scale 0-10, where 0 = low self-efficacy and 10 = high self-efficacy