Research Article
Working Together and Being Physically Active Are Not Enough to Advise Uniformly and Adequately Low Back Pain Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the professional groups (mean and SD or proportion of each group).
| | | Physicians () | Physiotherapists () | Nurses () | Total sample () |
| | Age (years) | 44 (10) | 36 (11) | 34 (11) | 38 (11) | | Men/women | 12/8 | 7/15 | 7/16 | 26/39 | | BMI (kg·m−2) | 25 (4) | 23 (3) | 22 (2) | 23 (3) | | Working experience (years) | 17 (10) | 13 (11) | 10 (9) | 13 (10) | | Proportion of HCPs with special training for LBP | 85% | 73% | 22% | 58% | | Proportion of HCPs with special training for pain | 90% | 45% | 35% | 55% | | Proportion of HCPs with previous experience of LBP | 60% | 32% | 65% | 52% | | Proportion of HCPs with current LBP | 10% | 9% | 30% | 17% |
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BMI: body mass index. HCP: health care providers. LBP: low back pain.
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