Chronic Pain Attitudes Medical and Physiotherapy Students

Last updated: April 3, 2019
Sponsor: Teesside University
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Chronic Pain

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT03902626
062/18
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This is an analysis of data collected from 2009-2014 from medical students at GCU and physiotherapy students at UoG measuring attitudes towards patients with chronic low back pain and their functionality.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

-Engaged in the 2009 physiotherapy degree at Two Scottish universities

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

-Anyone who is not on the above degree courses.

Study Design

Total Participants: 267
Study Start date:
September 01, 2009
Estimated Completion Date:
January 01, 2013

Study Description

This is longitudinal study with the data collected from 2009-2014 from medical students and physiotherapy students at two different Scottish universities measuring attitudes towards patients with chronic low back pain and their functionality. The outcome measure used was HC-PAIRS the original 15 point Likert Scale. Data was analysed using SPSS (version 25). All data was found to be normally distributed. Descriptive statistics were presented as mean (Standard Deviation). Inferential statistics were carried out using a two-way ANOVA with year of study and discipline of degree as independent variables with post hoc analysis. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.