Illness perceptions associated with patient burden with musculoskeletal pain in outpatient physical therapy practice, a cross-sectional study

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Illness perceptions; exploring mediators and/or moderators in disabling persistent low back pain. Multiple baseline single-case experimental design

“…Inclusion criteria were age 18 years or older, LBP for at least 3-months, experiencing a movement problem in daily life due to LBP and having dysfunctional levels of at least one out of eight IP dimensions. Dysfunctional levels of IPs were based on a secondary analysis of an earlier study on the associations of IPs with patient burden with musculoskeletal pain [ 22 ] (Appendix A). We chose the fourth quartile as threshold (Table 1 ), expecting these high-level scores to represent dysfunctional IPs.…”

“…Higher IPs scores reflect a more threatening perception of illness and can be called ‘dysfunctional IPs’. These dysfunctional IPs may mediate or moderate persistent pain and disability [ 22 ] and personalizing management of LBP might involve addressing these IPs. Dysfunctional IPs have shown to attribute to higher pain intensity and lower physical functioning and quality of life in a variety of conditions [ 23 ].…”

A study protocol for the validation of a prognostic model with an emphasis on modifiable factors to predict chronic pain after a new episode of acute- or subacute nonspecific idiopathic, non-traumatic neck pain presenting in primary care

“…The IPQ-K is an inventory questionnaire that can also be used evaluatively [41]. The reproducibility appeared to be moderate to good [51][52][53].…”

Illness Perceptions; Mediators and/or Moderators in Disabling Persistent Low Back Pain? A Multiple Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design

“…Inclusion criteria were age 18 years or older, LBP for at least 3-months, experiencing a movement problem in daily life due to LBP and having dysfunctional levels of at least one out of eight IP dimensions. Dysfunctional levels of IPs were based on a secondary analysis of an earlier study on the associations of IPs with patient burden with musculoskeletal pain 22 . We choose the fourth quartile as threshold (box 1), expecting these high-level scores to represent dysfunctional IPs.…”

“…Higher IPs scores re ect a more threatening perception of illness and can be called 'dysfunctional IPs'. These dysfunctional IPs may mediate or moderate persistent pain and disability 22 . To personalize management of LBP, IPs might be addressed.…”