Themes that emerged included doctors ' attitudes and beliefs , and four factors that influenced attitudes and beliefs : doctors ' specialty , demographic factors , personal beliefs and education .
There was consistent evidence that doctors ' specialty impacted their attitudes and beliefs : lack of consensus regarding the natural history of LBP , around treatment options , and issues regarding work .
There was inconsistent evidence that demographic factors ( age ) and level of education impacted doctors ' attitudes and beliefs .
Long term , these changes in these areas have the potential to maximise patient-care , and reduce costs to health services
The aim of this systematic review was to determine the attitudes and beliefs of doctors to acute low back pain , and the factors that influence these .
Musculoskeletal pain: concepts of disease, illness, and sickness certification in health professionals in Norway.
Concepts of disease , illness ( being ill ) , and criteria for issuing sickness certificate for musculoskeletal pain have been investigated by a postal survey based on case histories . Question naires were filled in by 898 individuals ; 194 General Practitioners , 76 medical consultants working for the National Insurance Administration , 307 insurance clerks , and a representative sample ( N = 321 ) of the general public . The concepts disease and illness are meaningful and used consistently by medical doctors for infectious disease and somatic problems . Discrepancies between the medical profession representatives and the general public were , in general , attributable to differences in information and knowledge about these somatic conditions . However , for musculoskeletal pain all groups had conceptual problems . In particular , there was a lack of consensus for issuing sickness certificates . For musculoskeletal pain conditions the doctors , as a group , seemed to score at r and om or 50 - 50 level for sickness certification . All groups , including medical doctors , were reluctant to accept depression and social problems as diseases , or to accept social problems as reasons for sickness certification . The decision criteria should be identified and systematized in order to establish whether it is possible to reach a consensus for subjective complaints
Themes that emerged included doctors ' attitudes and beliefs , and four factors that influenced attitudes and beliefs : doctors ' specialty , demographic factors , personal beliefs and education .
There was consistent evidence that doctors ' specialty impacted their attitudes and beliefs : lack of consensus regarding the natural history of LBP , around treatment options , and issues regarding work .
There was inconsistent evidence that demographic factors ( age ) and level of education impacted doctors ' attitudes and beliefs .
Long term , these changes in these areas have the potential to maximise patient-care , and reduce costs to health services
The aim of this systematic review was to determine the attitudes and beliefs of doctors to acute low back pain , and the factors that influence these .