Table 3.
Information collected in the self-completed questionnaires
| Information | Measure | Original authors | Items | Baseline | 6 months |
| Demographic details | Age Professional group Years qualified NHS/Private Back pain workload Personal history of back pain | - | - | Yes | No |
| Reported behaviour relating to a patient vignette with non-specific acute low back pain and no 'red flags'. | Questions relating to a low back pain patient vignette (modified from original studies) | Modified from: Bombardier et al 1995 [105] Rainville et al 2000 [109] Buchbinder et al 2001 [10] Bishop & Foster 2005 [49] |
3 | Yes | Yes |
| Practitioner beliefs concerning the way that low back pain is likely to affect function | Modified Health Care Providers Pain and Impairment Relationship scale (HC-PAIRS) |
Modified from: Rainville et al 1995 [110] Houben et al 2004 [46] |
13 | Yes | Yes |
| Practitioner self- confidence in managing patients with low back pain | Practitioner self-confidence scale | Modified from: Bush et al 1993 [117] Smucker et al 1998 [118] |
4 | Yes | Yes |
| Practitioner attitudes towards the use of research and evidence in practice | Practitioners connections with research Authority of information sources to influence practice |
Modified from: Connolly et al 2001 [119] |
12 | Yes | Yes |