EFFECT OF PATIENT EDUCATION COMBINED WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT ON FEAR-AVOIDANCE BELIEF IN LOW BACK PAIN SUFFERERS

Authors

  • ZARINA ZAHARI Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia.
  • KAMARIA KAMARUDDIN Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia.
  • IDA ROSMINI OTHMAN Department of Statistics, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
  • MARIA JUSTINE Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia.

Keywords:

Education, low back pain, fear-avoidance belief and physiotherapy treatment

Abstract

Fear-avoidance beliefs is one of the factors contribute to low back pain. The study was to determine the effect of patient education combined with physiotherapy treatment on fear-avoidance beliefs for low back pain using Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). A quasi-experimental study with 100 participants was randomly assigned into 2 groups. The experimental group received the education and physiotherapy treatment whereas the control group only received the physiotherapy treatment. Both physical and work components of FABQ showed non-significant main effects on group respectively [F(1, 98) =.36, p= .55, η2 = .004]; [F(1, 98) =.88, p= .35, η2 = .009]. However, the study demonstrated minimal effects in the experimental group as compared to the control. This study might assist to reduce the fear-avoidance beliefs in low back pain. 

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30.06.2014

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ZARINA ZAHARI, KAMARIA KAMARUDDIN, IDA ROSMINI OTHMAN, & MARIA JUSTINE. (2014). EFFECT OF PATIENT EDUCATION COMBINED WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT ON FEAR-AVOIDANCE BELIEF IN LOW BACK PAIN SUFFERERS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5(2), 640–648. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3582

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Volume 5, Issue 2, 2014

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