Patients in treatment for chronic low back pain have higher externalised beliefs: a cross-sectional study

Locus of control in active physical therapy treatment for non-specific chronic low back pain

“…The study of Oliveira et al (11), which investigated the beliefs of individuals undergoing treatment in comparison to those who were on the waiting list, showed a predominance of external beliefs in the group that was undergoing physical therapy treatment. It is possible that the differences found among Oliveira et al (11), Harkapaa et al (12) and the present study are related to the difference of the type of physical therapy treatment used among the studies. In this study, patients were undergoing active treatment in groups, which was characterized by lumbopelvic stabilization exercises associated with self-treatment instructions and guidance in relation to their health condition.…”

“…In the study by Oliveira et al (11), patients underwent treatment for non-specific low back pain and stimulus to empowerment and self-treatment was not adopted. In the present study, the ability of control and empowerment on the health determinants of the participants may have determined the predominance of 82.1% of internal beliefs.…”

“…Studies show that biopsychosocial factors affect low back pain (5,6,7). Among the psychosocial factors that interfere in low back pain, the health locus of control, defined as the beliefs of the individuals in relation to whom they believe to be responsible for their own health, has been under analysis (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). Individuals believing that others are responsible for their low back pain condition present higher rates of disability (9).…”

“…Further longitudinal studies may determine whether active treatments affect the beliefs of low back pain patients. [ (11,40) em uma escala de 0-100 pontos para incapacidade e 6,39 pontos (2,24) em uma escala de 0-10 pontos para dor. Com relação ao lócus de controle da saúde, a média (SD) para as subescalas interna, externa e acaso foram respectivamente: 29,32 (3,98), 24,75 (3,58), 13,71 (6,67).…”

Adaptação transcultural da escala Locus of Control of Behaviour para o português: versão para idosos

“…introDUÇÃo O constructo locus de controle (LoC) tem como base a teoria de aprendizagem social, sendo objeto de investigação de diversos campos de pesquisa sobre comportamento humano 1 . Esse conceito encontra aplicação na psicologia organizacional 2,3 , em pesquisas comportamentais 4 e em pesquisa clínica [5][6][7][8] . Define-se LoC como uma crença ou expectativa generalizada a respeito de quais seriam as fontes de controle sobre os eventos que nos afetam.…”