Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Musculoskeletal Pain Among Primary Care Health Professionals in Spain.

NCT ID: NCT06900231

Last Updated: 2025-03-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-11-30

Brief Summary

Background: Pain is a multifactorial experience where psychological and emotional factors influence the transition from acute to chronic pain, prognosis, and the adoption of inappropriate self-management strategies. In addition to psychological and emotional factors, healthcare professionals can contribute to the development of chronic disabilities in their patients by promoting hypervigilance and restricting normal activities, potentially reinforcing or altering patients' perceptions, leading to limited mobility. Existing scientific literature suggests that patients with chronic pain often feel they do not receive sufficient information from healthcare professionals that could help them better understand and manage pain, thereby improving their quality of life.

Objectives:

1. To assess the current knowledge of pain neurophysiology among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

2. To evaluate attitudes and beliefs about chronic low back pain among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

3. To examine fear-avoidance beliefs related to pain among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study will be conducted to collect information from primary care health professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, nutrition, and nursing) in Spain, focusing on their current knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about musculoskeletal pain.

Applicability: This study will provide valuable insights into the current state of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about musculoskeletal pain among primary care health professionals in Spain. The findings will guide future educational interventions and policy recommendations to improve the management of musculoskeletal pain in primary care settings in Spain.

Relevance: Scientifically, this will be the first study to evaluate the knowledge of primary care health professionals in Spain regarding pain neurophysiology, attitudes and beliefs about chronic low back pain, and fear-avoidance attitudes.

Detailed Description

Background: Pain is a multifactorial experience where psychological and emotional factors influence the transition from acute to chronic pain, prognosis, and the adoption of inappropriate self-management strategies. In addition to psychological and emotional factors, healthcare professionals can contribute to the development of chronic disabilities in their patients by promoting hypervigilance and restricting normal activities, potentially reinforcing or altering patients' perceptions, leading to limited mobility. Existing scientific literature suggests that patients with chronic pain often feel they do not receive sufficient information from healthcare professionals that could help them better understand and manage pain, thereby improving their quality of life.

Objectives:

1. To assess the current knowledge of pain neurophysiology among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

2. To evaluate attitudes and beliefs about chronic low back pain among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

3. To examine fear-avoidance beliefs related to pain among primary care professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) in Spain.

Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study will be conducted to collect information from primary care health professionals (medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, nutrition, and nursing) in Spain, focusing on their current knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about musculoskeletal pain.

Applicability: This study will provide valuable insights into the current state of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about musculoskeletal pain among primary care health professionals in Spain. The findings will guide future educational interventions and policy recommendations to improve the management of musculoskeletal pain in primary care settings in Spain.

Relevance: Scientifically, this will be the first study to evaluate the knowledge of primary care health professionals in Spain regarding pain neurophysiology, attitudes and beliefs about chronic low back pain, and fear-avoidance attitudes.

Conditions

Fear Avoidance

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Graduates in medicine or residents specializing in family and community medicine.

Graduates in physiotherapy. Graduates in nursing or residents specializing in family and community nursing. Graduates in psychology. Graduates in nutrition.

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universitat de Lleida

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Francesc Valenzuela Pascual

Associated professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Universitat de Lleida

Lleida, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Central Contacts

Fran Valenzuela-Pascual, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

fran.valenzuela@udl.cat

+34 973 702 459

Facility Contacts

Fran Valenzuela-Pascual, Dr.

Role: primary

fran.valenzuela@udl.cat

+34 973 702 459

Other Identifiers

CACDAPES-ULleida

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id