%0 Journal Article
%T Factors Influencing the Use of Outcome Measures for Patients with Low Back Pain: A Survey of Nigerian Physiotherapists
%A Christian Arinze Okonkwo
%A Peter Olanrewaju Ibikunle
%A Joseph Onuwa Umunnah
%A Kenneth Umezulike Ani
%A Gloria Ukamaka Mgbeojedo
%A Peter Agba Awhen
%J Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
%P 83-97
%@ 2332-1830
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojtr.2020.83008
%X <strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background:</span></strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Low back pain is one of the important patients¡¯
presenting</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> complain that requires expert
management from the physiotherapists. Yet no work was available for reference
on the use of outcome measures for its e</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">valuation by Nigeria physiotherapists. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This study,
therefore, investigated the outcome measures used by Nigerian physiotherapists</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">e</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">valuate patients
with Low Back Pain and the fac</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tors that influenced their use. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> A survey questionnaire was posted to 306 randomly selected mem</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">- </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">bers</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of the Nigeria Society of
Physiotherapy (NSP). Data were analyzed using f</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">requency, percentages, mean, ANOVA, and Pearson¡¯s Chi</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">square. P</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">val</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ue was placed at 0.05. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> 52.9% of the
respondents (221) used a pain visual analog scale. Only 36.1% used LBP</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">specific clinical outcome
measures. The factors that influenced their use were belief, attitude,
knowledge, and choice. There was no significant difference between the majority
of the factors and the use of clinical outcome measures. The </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">values were 0.960, 0.648,
0.760 </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">for belief, attitude and knowledge
respectively. The
%K Outcome Measures
%K Factors Influencing Their Use
%K Low Back Pain Patients
%K Nigeria Physiotherapists
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=101982