Pain Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Allied Health Learners Across Three Curricular Models

Fitzgerald, Kylie; Devonshire, Elizabeth; Vaughan, Brett

doi:10.1016/j.hpe.2020.09.001

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“…Authors assessing pain knowledge using different questionnaires have reported comparable response rates for online evaluations in preprofessional physiotherapy (31.3%; Louw et al., 2017). Other studies utilising the NPQ to evaluate pain knowledge before and after an education invention report use of paper‐based questionnaires with response rates reported from 40.5% to 75% (Beetsma et al., 2020; Colleary et al., 2017; Fitzgerald et al., 2020). Recruitment of students to completing online questionnaires remains a challenge and additional avenues should be explored.…”

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“…Research has been directed towards evaluating the outcomes of pain education programs in pre‐ and post‐professional health curricula (Hush et al., 2018) and patient pain education programs (Watson et al., 2019). Assessment of changes in knowledge of pain and attitudes and beliefs towards pain from educational interventions have been measured and reported in health professional students in Australia (Fitzgerald et al., 2020; Hush et al., 2018). However, there is no current data reporting pain knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in Australian undergraduate student cohorts that are undertaking non‐health‐related undergraduate degree programs.…”

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No gain without pain education: Improving knowledge and biopsychosocial attitudes and beliefs in a predominantly non‐health‐related undergraduate target audience

Fitzgerald

Vaughan

Devonshire

et al. 2022

Musculoskeletal Care

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Objectives: Chronic pain (CP) impacts individuals and society and is the leading cause of disability globally. Pain education interventions are often evaluated in patients and health professional students, but not in non-health student groups.Increasing knowledge of pain may facilitate shifts in attitudes and beliefs towards sufferers. We report on changes in pain knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of predominantly non-health-related tertiary degree students participating in online education. Methods: Quantitative cohort study design. Students reported demographics and completed the Chronic Pain Myth Scale and 12-item Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) before (T1) and after (T2) the 7-week online module at The University of Sydney in 2020.Results: Twenty-two students undertaking predominantly non-health-related bachelor's degrees (16.5% response rate, 90.9% female, mean = 19.5 years) participated. NPQ scores increased from 47.3% to 62.9%. Attitudes and beliefs towards biopsychosocial impact improved (p < 0.027) but not towards individuals suffering from CP or treatment of CP. A negative correlation was found between age and people suffering from CP (ρ = −0.437, p < 0.042) and age and towards treatment of CP; ρ = −0.556, p < 0.007) at T2. Conclusion:Completing the elective online module resulted in improved knowledge and biopsychosocial attitudes towards CP in this predominantly non-health cohort, as reported in health and patient cohorts.

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No gain without pain education: Improving knowledge and biopsychosocial attitudes and beliefs in a predominantly non‐health‐related undergraduate target audience

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Vaughan

Devonshire

et al. 2022

Musculoskeletal Care

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“…There are different methods for chronic pain; an effective approach is the use of osteopathy, particularly for chronic low back pain, though, evidence on its efficacy is still controversial for all patients with chronic pain [17]. Furthermore, knowledge and attitudes of patients and clinicians towards osteopathy for chronic musculoskeletal pain is unclear [7].…”

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“…There are multiple factors to consider with the assessment of Musculoskeletal chronic pain and the potential benefit from osteopathy [7]. Some socio-economic as well as psychological factors, would influence the perceptions of patients towards chronic pain [8].…”

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Knowledge and Attitude towards Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Treated with Osteopathy

Al-Shareef¹,

Alshareef

Almoftery

2021

JPRI

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Background: Chronic pain is a common clinical feature that accompanies osteopathy. Knowledge and attitudes of both patients and their treating clinicians would influence the patients' outcomes and pain control. Objective: This systematic review will provide an understanding of the knowledge and attitudes of patients and clinicians towards musculoskeletal pain accompanying osteopathy. Methods: Different keywords were used to search the medical literature, including: “knowledge” OR “Attitude” AND “Osteopathy” AND “Pain” AND “patient” OR “clinician." The search databases included Medline, Embase PubMed, and SCOPUS. The following step was reviewing the appearing results to ensure that they were original research articles that examined the knowledge and attitudes about chronic musculoskeletal pain with osteopathy. All the eligible studies should mention the type of participants examined (either patients or clinicians). Results: A total of 89 studies were obtained. After removing review articles and choosing original research studies solely, 11 studies appeared from the filtration process. Eight research articles were eligible. All the included studies had a quantitative cross-sectional design. Only health care professionals were asked about osteopathy, where all the studies included osteopaths from different countries, except one study that included physiotherapists. Osteopaths knew about the benefits of osteopathy, particularly for lower back pain; however, their knowledge about biopsychosocial factors requires improvement. Conclusion: Knowledge about osteopathy benefits for controlling chronic musculoskeletal pain should be improved even among osteopaths. Awareness campaigns are also needed for patients in orthopedic and physiotherapy clinics about osteopathy.

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“…This has been reported as a crucial factor in the pain becoming chronic and could limit the efficacy of therapeutic interventions [37,38]. The NPQ has been used in several educational studies to assess the understanding of health undergraduate students regarding pain neurophysiology [39][40][41][42].…”

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Pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards chronic low back pain: An osteopathic educational institution-based cross-sectional survey

Mhadhbi¹,

Thierry-Hildenbrand²,

Draper-Rodi

et al. 2021

International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

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Pain Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Allied Health Learners Across Three Curricular Models

Cited by 6 publications

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No gain without pain education: Improving knowledge and biopsychosocial attitudes and beliefs in a predominantly non‐health‐related undergraduate target audience

No gain without pain education: Improving knowledge and biopsychosocial attitudes and beliefs in a predominantly non‐health‐related undergraduate target audience

Knowledge and Attitude towards Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Treated with Osteopathy

Pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards chronic low back pain: An osteopathic educational institution-based cross-sectional survey

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