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. 2023 May 9;4:1169178. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1169178

Table 2.

Specifications of the target behaviour.

Target behaviour Healthcare professionals’ adoption of a biopsychosocial approach in musculoskeletal pain care.
Who Healthcare professionals licensed to provide musculoskeletal pain care. Examples include (but not restricted to) anaesthetists, chiropractors, clinical psychologists, general practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, osteopaths, pain physicians, physiotherapists and rheumatologists.
What Assess, identify and analyse biopsychosocial factors contributing to each individual’s musculoskeletal pain experience.
How Using authentic communication and critical clinical reasoning, with strong therapeutic alliance.
Whom In partnership with patients; people with lived pain experience; consumers.
When During clinical consultation, first, ongoing or review appointments.
Where In clinical practice settings.