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

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)

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 courses^a, 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 catastrophizing^c (0-90)	60.0 (45.0)
Managing patients without fear of movement and/ or catastrophizing^d (0-70)	45.0 (28.0)

^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
^d 7 items, rating scale 0-10, where 0 = low self-efficacy and 10 = high self-efficacy

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