Patients perception towards medication and physiotherapy treatment among chronic low back pain patients attended at CRP

Abstract

Purpose: To find out patients perception towards medicine and receiving physiotherapy treatment for the low back pain patients attended at CRP. Objectives: To identify the participants understanding about medication and physiotherapy treatment, to evaluate participants satisfaction to managing their problem with drugs an physiotherapy treatment, to discover how much patients are aware about side effect of madication, to find out the issue related to "perceived benefit" with physiotherapy management for LBP and to find out participants perception about comparative effectiveness of drug and physiotherapy treatment. Methodology: A qualitative study design was used to conduct the study. Fifteen subjects with chronic low back pain from musculoskeletal unit of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the paralysed (CRP) outpatient physiotherapy department were recruited in this study. The samples were selected by convenience sampling method. The data were collected by using an open ended questionnaire form and coded by nine themes; finally the coded data are analyzed and presented qualitative analysis. Result: Following themes have been emerged on the basis of data analysis. These include, improvement is not sustainable with medicine for LBP, Analgesic produce side effect, Patient prefer multidimensional intervention, Home exercise is effective for LBP patient, Physiotherapy is not affordable treatment, Patient are quite satisfied with attitude of the physiotherapist, Physiotherapist provide much time to solve patients problem, Physical environment in physiotherapy department is user friendly, Physiotherapy is effective treatment.