The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, beliefs and expectations of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain about their physiotherapy program and the relationship that they built with physiotherapists.
The main questions of this study are: Have patients with chronic pain educated in pain? To what extent physiotherapists use appropriate communication skills and show empathy? What expectations do the patients have of their rehabilitation program?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
278
University of Thessaly
Lamia, Greece
Demographic characteristics
Questions will include participants' demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age, education, employment status)
Time frame: Baseline
Knowledge about their pain
Fourteen questions about history of pain (e.g. intense, duration, area, other symptoms, radiation, previous history, diagnosis)
Time frame: Baseline
Pain (Neuroscience) Education
Patients will be asked whether they have received any education or explanation about their conditions from a healthcare professional (e.g. What have they learned about their pain? What do they know about pain neuroscience education? Whether it was explained to them and how understanding pain helped them?)
Time frame: Baseline
Patient's Experience about healthcare professional's communication skills
Seventeen questions on a five point Likert scale (1=never, 2= rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always). Questions adapted by the Calgary-Cambridge observation guide that delineates and structures the skills which aid doctor-patient communication.
Time frame: Baseline
Patient's Expectations
Four questions regarding patients' expectations for chronic pain management
Time frame: Baseline
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