Abstract:BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation highlights back pain as a leading and growing cause of disability worldwide. In the field of chronic pain, higher health literacy is linked to lower pain intensity and better pain control. However, there remains a paucity of evidence, with a recent systematic review finding only three studies meeting its inclusion criteria. OBJECTIVES: This scoping review had two objectives in exploring research in chronic pain, which were to identify:1) The health literacy measure… Show more
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