Together with the guidance of health professionals try to obtain information from media, popular magazines and books and the internet regarding diseases and treatment methods in patients with low back pain with the development of technology. In parallel with this information which they obtained, they turn to different treatment methods. This study was carried on examining how pain duration affects treatment preferences in patients with low back pain.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
155
Multiple-choice survey questions were created by the researchers based on the studies in the literature regarding the pain and treatment preferences of the participants
Pamukkale University
Denizli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Evaluation of treatment preferences
Multiple-choice survey questions were created by the researchers based on the studies in the literature regarding the pain and treatment preferences of the participants. In this survey, the patients were asked to state which of the treatment methods applied for low back pain they knew and which of these methods they preferred.
Time frame: 5 minutes
Visual Analog Scale
Pain intensity
Time frame: 1 minute
Oswestry Disability Index
Disability caused by low back pain
Time frame: 5 minutes
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