Pain is influenced by psychological and emotional factors, and healthcare professionals may unintentionally contribute to chronic disability by reinforcing fear and limiting normal activity. Patients with chronic pain often feel they lack adequate information to manage their condition.
This study aims to:
* Assess primary care professionals' knowledge of pain neurophysiology in Spain. * Evaluate their attitudes and beliefs about chronic low back pain. * Examine their fear-avoidance beliefs related to pain. A cross-sectional study will gather data from primary care providers. The results will help guide educational strategies and policies to improve musculoskeletal pain management. This will be the first study in Spain to analyze these aspects among primary care professionals.
Graduates in medicine or residents specializing in family and community medicine.
None
Professionals in medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, psychology, and nutrition working in Primary Care Centers in Spain
Other
Cross-sectional
Not listed
Pain Neurophysiology Knowledge Questionnaire
The questionnaire consists of 19 questions that require true, false, or undecided answers, with a maximum score of 19 points. Higher scores mean better knowledge.
HC-PAIRS
The questionnaire consists of 15 statements on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = completely disagree, 4 = neither agree nor disagree, and 7 = completely agree), with a maximum score of 105 points. Higher scores indicate a greater degree of beliefs about the relationship between chronic pain, functional limitation, and disability.
Fear-Avoidance believes
The questionnaire is divided into two subscales, FABQ-Physical Activity (questions 1-5) and FABQ-Work (questions 6-16), and consists of a total of 16 statements that require responses on a 6-point Likert scale (0 = completely disagree and 6 = completely agree), with a maximum score of 96 points. Higher scores indicate a greater degree of fear-avoidance beliefs.
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