Physiotherapist students’ views of chronic pain and its treatments - an international comparison
(2020)Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
- Abstract
- Background:
According to The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), about 20 percent of adults suffer from chronic pain globally. Insufficient treatment of chronic pain can lead to negative effects on health and quality of life. The cost of chronic pain is high both for society and individuals. For approximately a quarter of the people with chronic pain, the condition results in reduced working ability and increased health care needs.
IASP has found that pain management is inadequate in most of the world. There are different options with a variety of evidence for the treatment of chronic pain, for many treatment methods the evidence is insufficient. Studies show a lack of knowledge of the treatments of chronic pain among... (More) - Background:
According to The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), about 20 percent of adults suffer from chronic pain globally. Insufficient treatment of chronic pain can lead to negative effects on health and quality of life. The cost of chronic pain is high both for society and individuals. For approximately a quarter of the people with chronic pain, the condition results in reduced working ability and increased health care needs.
IASP has found that pain management is inadequate in most of the world. There are different options with a variety of evidence for the treatment of chronic pain, for many treatment methods the evidence is insufficient. Studies show a lack of knowledge of the treatments of chronic pain among health care professionals as well as the lack of adequate education in the area of pain in the physiotherapy programs. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine and compare physiotherapist senior students’ beliefs about chronic pain, its treatment and the students’ perceived preparedness to treat chronic pain, in Sweden and New Zealand.
Method: Survey-based quantitative research method, with a cross-sectional design.
Result: The result showed that answers from students in Sweden and New Zealand were fairly similar. Although, significant differences were found for some statements. For example, regarding the students’ beliefs about whether their education has given them sufficient knowledge about chronic pain and its treatments, where the students in New Zealand were more positive compared to the students in Sweden. Moreover, the results were in general more scattered among the Swedish students compared to students in New Zealand.
Conclusion: The results may indicate that the students in New Zealand feel more prepared than Swedish students. However, further conclusions can not be made regarding adequate education as the study only examines the students' self-perceived knowledge. Consequently, further research is needed.
Keywords: chronic pain, physiotherapy, international comparison, physiotherapy student, education (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Emma ; Råsmar, Maria and Forsström, Rebecka
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- chronic pain, physiotherapy, international comparison, physiotherapy student, education
- language
- English
- id
- 9076186
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- 2022-02-28 16:25:12
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abstract = {{Background:
According to The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), about 20 percent of adults suffer from chronic pain globally. Insufficient treatment of chronic pain can lead to negative effects on health and quality of life. The cost of chronic pain is high both for society and individuals. For approximately a quarter of the people with chronic pain, the condition results in reduced working ability and increased health care needs.
IASP has found that pain management is inadequate in most of the world. There are different options with a variety of evidence for the treatment of chronic pain, for many treatment methods the evidence is insufficient. Studies show a lack of knowledge of the treatments of chronic pain among health care professionals as well as the lack of adequate education in the area of pain in the physiotherapy programs. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine and compare physiotherapist senior students’ beliefs about chronic pain, its treatment and the students’ perceived preparedness to treat chronic pain, in Sweden and New Zealand.
Method: Survey-based quantitative research method, with a cross-sectional design.
Result: The result showed that answers from students in Sweden and New Zealand were fairly similar. Although, significant differences were found for some statements. For example, regarding the students’ beliefs about whether their education has given them sufficient knowledge about chronic pain and its treatments, where the students in New Zealand were more positive compared to the students in Sweden. Moreover, the results were in general more scattered among the Swedish students compared to students in New Zealand.
Conclusion: The results may indicate that the students in New Zealand feel more prepared than Swedish students. However, further conclusions can not be made regarding adequate education as the study only examines the students' self-perceived knowledge. Consequently, further research is needed.
Keywords: chronic pain, physiotherapy, international comparison, physiotherapy student, education}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Physiotherapist students’ views of chronic pain and its treatments - an international comparison}},
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