@article{Demoulin:12320,
      recid = {12320},
      author = {Demoulin, Christophe and Lecaillon, Mathilde and Christe,  Guillaume and Vanderthommen, Marc and Pitance, Laurent},
      title = {Negative influence of a mediatised video on low back  pain-related misbeliefs and attitudes in the general  population},
      journal = {European rehabilitation journal},
      address = {2023-02},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {8},
      abstract = {Background: Low back pain (LBP)-related misbeliefs are a  risk factor for chronicity and thereby require further  attention.
Objective: To assess the influence of a  mediatised video on LBP-related misbeliefs in the general  population and to
examine whether these individuals  intended to change their behavior to protect their back  after viewing the video.
Method: French-speaking adults  within the general population were recruited through  advertisements and were asked to complete a  self-administered questionnaire, available online between  January 2021 to April 2021. The questionnaire asked about  socio-demographic information and back pain beliefs (the  10-item Back-PAQ). Participants were then prompted to watch  a mediatised video conveying negative messages. Immediately  after viewing the video, participants indicated their  degree of agreement with the messages conveyed they  completed the Back-PAQ a second time and they indicated  whether they intended to change their behavior as a result  of watching the video. Changes in mean Back-PAQ score after  viewing the video and the percentage of participants  planning to protect their backs more were investigated. The  influence of a history of LBP was also analysed.
Results:  1338 participants were included. The initial mean Back-PAQ  score was high (28.3 (SD 6)) and increased significantly  after viewing the video (Cohen d: 0.42), indicating an  increase in negative beliefs. This change was greater than  the
minimum detectable change (6.8) for 11.4% of  participants. In total, 55% of respondents reported that  they would protect their backs more after watching the  video. Pain history did not influence the change in  Back-PAQ score post viewing.
Conclusions: This study  demonstrates that a mediatized video which conveys negative  messages about LBP reinforces LBP-related misbeliefs and  may promote maladaptive behavior in a significant number of  individuals. This study also confirms the prevalence of  such misbeliefs in the general population and thereby, the  necessity for clinicians to explore patients’ misbeliefs  and their origin.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.52057/erj.v3i1.26},
}