The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study

<h3>Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">To investigate the beliefs of healthcare students about how harmful common daily activities are perceived to be for their lower back.</p><p><br></p><h3>Method</h3><p dir="ltr">A cross-sectional s...

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Main Author: Aoife Leahy (11899559) (author)
Other Authors: Mary O’Keeffe (12470512) (author), Katie Robinson (6091511) (author), Kieran O’Sullivan (5813168) (author)
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Allied health and rehabilitation science
Back pain
students
physical therapists
occupational therapists
nurses
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description <h3>Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">To investigate the beliefs of healthcare students about how harmful common daily activities are perceived to be for their lower back.</p><p><br></p><h3>Method</h3><p dir="ltr">A cross-sectional survey of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and General Nursing pre-registration students in Ireland. Two hundred and forty two students completed the modified Photograph Series of Daily Activities survey to ascertain their low back pain beliefs. Beliefs were compared between those in different programmes using one-way ANCOVA (post hoc Bonferroni).</p><p><br></p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Physiotherapy students (n = 115) had significantly more positive beliefs (lower scores) than Occupational Therapy (n = 48) and General Nursing (n = 79) students (p < .001). No significant difference was found between Occupational Therapy and General Nursing students (p = .054). Males had significantly more positive beliefs than females (p = .043), while there were no differences according to low back pain status (p = .383).</p><p><br></p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Physiotherapy students considered common daily activities less harmful for their lower back than Occupational Therapy and General Nursing students. Considering the relationship between low back pain beliefs and disability, negative beliefs among healthcare students need to be addressed. Healthcare students from different disciplines have different beliefs about the harmfulness of common daily activities for their own back. This has the potential to affect their practice and the outcomes of low back pain patients they encounter.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: European Journal of Physiotherapy<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2019.1630854" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2019.1630854</a></p>
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spelling The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional studyAoife Leahy (11899559)Mary O’Keeffe (12470512)Katie Robinson (6091511)Kieran O’Sullivan (5813168)Health sciencesAllied health and rehabilitation scienceBack painstudentsphysical therapistsoccupational therapistsnurses<h3>Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">To investigate the beliefs of healthcare students about how harmful common daily activities are perceived to be for their lower back.</p><p><br></p><h3>Method</h3><p dir="ltr">A cross-sectional survey of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and General Nursing pre-registration students in Ireland. Two hundred and forty two students completed the modified Photograph Series of Daily Activities survey to ascertain their low back pain beliefs. Beliefs were compared between those in different programmes using one-way ANCOVA (post hoc Bonferroni).</p><p><br></p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Physiotherapy students (n = 115) had significantly more positive beliefs (lower scores) than Occupational Therapy (n = 48) and General Nursing (n = 79) students (p < .001). No significant difference was found between Occupational Therapy and General Nursing students (p = .054). Males had significantly more positive beliefs than females (p = .043), while there were no differences according to low back pain status (p = .383).</p><p><br></p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Physiotherapy students considered common daily activities less harmful for their lower back than Occupational Therapy and General Nursing students. Considering the relationship between low back pain beliefs and disability, negative beliefs among healthcare students need to be addressed. Healthcare students from different disciplines have different beliefs about the harmfulness of common daily activities for their own back. This has the potential to affect their practice and the outcomes of low back pain patients they encounter.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: European Journal of Physiotherapy<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2019.1630854" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2019.1630854</a></p>2019-06-22T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1080/21679169.2019.1630854https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_beliefs_of_healthcare_students_about_the_harmfulness_of_daily_activities_for_their_back_a_cross-sectional_study/25347802CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/253478022019-06-22T03:00:00Z
spellingShingle The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
Aoife Leahy (11899559)
Health sciences
Allied health and rehabilitation science
Back pain
students
physical therapists
occupational therapists
nurses
status_str publishedVersion
title The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
title_full The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
title_short The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
title_sort The beliefs of healthcare students about the harmfulness of daily activities for their back: a cross-sectional study
topic Health sciences
Allied health and rehabilitation science
Back pain
students
physical therapists
occupational therapists
nurses