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Table 3 Clinician characteristics and outcomes

From: GLA:D® Back: group-based patient education integrated with exercises to support self-management of persistent back pain — feasibility of implementing standardised care by a course for clinicians

 

n (%) (unless other specified)

Age, mean (range)

41 (26–58)

Female

17 (55%)

Physiotherapist

25 (81%)

Chiropractor

6 (19%)

Clinic owner

9 (30%)

Self-employed in a clinic own by someone else

11 (37%)

Employee

10 (33%)

Clinical experience

 0–5 years

9 (29%)

 6–10 years

7 (23%)

 11–20 years

9 (29%)

 > 20 years

6 (19%)

Previous experience with GLA:D for knee/hip

 No experience

4 (14%)

 Have referred to GLA:D in house

16 (55%)

 Have referred to GLA:D in another clinic

3 (10%)

 Have instructed GLA:D groups

6 (21%)

Evaluation of the course, median (range)

 Content (0–10)

9 (6–10)

 Usability (0–10)

9 (6–10)

 Novelty (0–10)

7 (2–10)

Overall impression of the GLA:D Back programme

 Very good

11 (38%)

 Good

14 (48%)

 Neither good nor bad

4 (14%)

 Bad

0

 Very bad

0

Satisfaction with patient education materials#

 Very satisfied

6 (32%)

 Satisfied

11 (58%)

 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

2 (10%)

 Dissatisfied

0

 Very dissatisfied

0

Satisfaction with the exercise programme #

 Very satisfied

4 (21%)

 Satisfied

12 (63%)

 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

1 (5%)

 Dissatisfied

2 (11%)

 Very dissatisfied

0

Practitioner Confidence Scale (4–20), median (IQR)

 Before course

16 (13–17)

 At 4 months

16 (15–18)

PABS biomedical before course (10–60), median (IQR)

30 (29–36)

PABS biomedical at 4 months (10–60), median (IQR)

27 (23–32)

PABS behavioural before course (9–54), median (IQR)

39 (36–43)

PABS behavioural at 4 months (9–54), median (IQR)

41 (38–45)

  1. PABS Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale
  2. #Only clinicians who have delivered the clinical intervention (n = 19)