TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AD  - Department of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium ; Spine clinics, Liege University Hospital Center, Liege, Belgium ; UCLouvain, Faculty of Motor Sciences at Universite Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain, Belgium
AD  - Department of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
AD  - HESAV School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
AD  - Department of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium ; Spine clinics, Liege University Hospital Center, Liege, Belgium
AD  - UCLouvain, Faculty of Motor Sciences at Universite Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain, Belgium
AU  - Demoulin, Christophe
AU  - Lecaillon, Mathilde
AU  - Christe, Guillaume
AU  - Vanderthommen, Marc
AU  - Pitance, Laurent
DA  - 2023-02
DO  - 10.52057/erj.v3i1.26
DO  - DOI
ID  - 12320
JF  - European rehabilitation journal
KW  - beliefs
KW  - fear
KW  - knowledge
KW  - low back pain
KW  - communication
L1  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320/files/Demoulin_2023_negative_influence_of_mediatised_video.pdf
L2  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320/files/Demoulin_2023_negative_influence_of_mediatised_video.pdf
L4  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320/files/Demoulin_2023_negative_influence_of_mediatised_video.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320/files/Demoulin_2023_negative_influence_of_mediatised_video.pdf
LK  - https://rehab-journal.com/index.php/home/article/download/26/24
N2  - 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.
PY  - 2023-02
SN  - 2823-989X
T1  - Negative influence of a mediatised video on low back pain-related misbeliefs and attitudes in the general population
TI  - Negative influence of a mediatised video on low back pain-related misbeliefs and attitudes in the general population
UR  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/12320/files/Demoulin_2023_negative_influence_of_mediatised_video.pdf
UR  - https://rehab-journal.com/index.php/home/article/download/26/24
VL  - 2023, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-8
Y1  - 2023-02
ER  -