The Attitudes of Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, and Midwives Toward Complementary Medicine for Chronic Pain: A Survey at an Academic Hospital

Aveni, Éléonore; Bauer, Brent A.; Ramelet, Anne‐Sylvie; Kottelat, Yolande; Décosterd, Isabelle; Finti, Guillaume; Ballabeni, Pierluigi; Bonvin, Eric; Rodondi, Pierre-Yves

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“…A 2016 study found that physical therapists were less likely (37.7%) to initiate discussion about CAM with patients compared with midwives (66.7%). This study also found that younger physical therapists had a better opinion of CAM compared with older physical therapists (Aveni et al, 2016).…”

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“…Aveni et al () found that older physiotherapists had a significantly less positive opinion about the use of CAM than younger physiotherapists. This is at odds with the current study where counselling students (mean age: 36) were significantly more likely to recommend CAM to their patients in the future compared with physiotherapy students (mean age: 22).…”

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“…F I G U R E 1 Factors that influenced the career choice of physiotherapy and counselling students with a maximum possible score of 7 (highly influential) and a minimum score of 1 (not at all influential). Standard deviation is also shown Aveni et al (2016) found that older physiotherapists had a significantly less positive opinion about the use of CAM than younger physiotherapists. This is at odds with the current study where counselling students (mean age: 36) were significantly more likely to recommend CAM to their patients in the future compared with physiotherapy students (mean age: 22).…”

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“…Previous studies have surveyed the beliefs, knowledge, and attitudes of health-care professionals and students of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, chiropractic, physiotherapy, psychology, and occupational therapy (Al-Fadhli, Amir, Qasim, & Mitra, 2016;Aveni et al, 2016;Barnett & Shale, 2012;Baugniet, Boon, & Ostbye, 2000;Bjerså, Victorin, & Olsén, 2012;Bradshaw, 2016;James, Bah, & Kondorvoh, 2016;Kreitzer, Mitten, Harris, & Shandeling, 2002;Tiralongo & Wallis, 2008). A 2012 study found that physicians, nurses, and physiotherapists had little or no knowledge of CAM.…”

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Knowledge, beliefs, and influences associated with complementary and alternative medicine among physiotherapy and counselling students

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Objective The objective of this study is to determine whether physiotherapy and counselling students, who represent a future generation of two health professions, have differing views about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Methods In order to determine physiotherapy and counselling students' self‐rated knowledge and beliefs about CAM and the factors which influence that understanding, a modified 10‐item CAM Health Belief Questionnaire was administered across all year groups to physiotherapy students and counselling students at two universities in Perth, Western Australia. The self‐rated paper‐based survey measured knowledge of CAM among physiotherapy and counselling students, evaluation of their beliefs regarding the use of CAM, factors that influence their knowledge and beliefs, and their likelihood of recommending CAM to future patients. Results A response rate of 96.8% was achieved, with 387 physiotherapy students and 88 counselling students. Moderately positive beliefs about CAM were confirmed in both groups, with mean scores of 42.8/70 for physiotherapy students and 43.3/70 for counselling students. There were no significant differences between the student groups in overall self‐rated knowledge of CAM. The main factors that influenced the students' responses were personal experience for counselling students and scientific evidence for physiotherapy students. Other factors included university training, attitudes of lecturers, tutors and fellow students, cultural background, and opinions of external practitioners. Counselling students were more likely than physiotherapy students to recommend CAM therapies to their future patients. Conclusion The results from this study demonstrate minimal self‐rated knowledge but moderately positive attitudes towards CAM by both physiotherapy and counselling students.

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“…The guidelines of the American College of Physicians [10], which recommend various CM techniques for the management of cLBP could be an important step for improving physicians’ knowledge of useful CM treatments. Furthermore, a survey conducted among healthcare professionals, including physicians, midwifes and nurses, showed that more than 90% of the respondents considered CM could be helpful in the treatment of chronic pain but that they lacked information to advise their patients [29]. …”

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Chronic low back pain patients’ use of, level of knowledge of and perceived benefits of complementary medicine: a cross-sectional study at an academic pain center

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BackgroundChronic pain patients often use complementary medicine (CM) to alleviate their pain; however, little is known about the use of CM by chronic low back pain (cLBP) patients. We investigated the frequency of use of CM by cLBP patients, the perceived effects of these therapies, patients’ knowledge regarding CM, and patient-physician communication regarding CM.MethodA cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 2014 to February 2015. A questionnaire was distributed by physicians to 238 consecutive patients consulting for cLBP at the Pain Center of Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland. Poisson regression model was used to analyze patients’ level of knowledge regarding various CMs, and the logistic regression model was used to assess CM use for cLBP.ResultsThe questionnaire was returned by 168 cLBP patients (response rate: 70.6%). Lifetime prevalence of CM use for cLBP was 77.3%. The most commonly used therapies were osteopathy (48.8%), massage (45.2%) and acupuncture (31.6%), rated for their usefulness on a 0–10 scale as a mean ± SD of 5.4 ± 2.7, 5.9 ± 2.5 and 3.8 ± 3.2, respectively. The CM treatment best known by patients was osteopathy, followed by massage and acupuncture. If their doctors proposed CM as a treatment for cLBP, 78% of participants reported being very or somewhat likely to try CM. Respondents with CM health insurance were more likely to use CM (OR = 2.26; 95%CI: 1.07–4.78; p = 0.031) for cLBP. Respondents having experienced cLBP for more than five years were more likely to use CM to treat their cLBP than respondents having experienced cLBP for one year or less (OR = 2.84; 95%CI: 1.02–7.88; p = 0.044).ConclusionsMore than three-quarters of cLBP patients in our sample did use CM to treat their cLBP. The results showed that the most commonly used therapies were not necessarily the highest rated in terms of perceived usefulness. These results highlight the importance of developing integrative pain centers in which patients may obtain advice regarding CM treatments.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-017-1708-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The Attitudes of Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, and Midwives Toward Complementary Medicine for Chronic Pain: A Survey at an Academic Hospital

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Knowledge, beliefs, and influences associated with complementary and alternative medicine among physiotherapy and counselling students

Knowledge, beliefs, and influences associated with complementary and alternative medicine among physiotherapy and counselling students

Chronic low back pain patients’ use of, level of knowledge of and perceived benefits of complementary medicine: a cross-sectional study at an academic pain center

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