Table 2.
Attitudes towards back pain and its treatment
| Statements (n = 333 unless stated) | Number (%) of Respondents | ||||
| Strongly disagree | Strongly agree | ||||
| If you have back pain you should rest until it gets better (n = 332) (WBS) | 75 (22.6) | 119 (35.8) | 82 (24.7) | 50 (15.1) | 6 (1.8) |
| If you have back pain you should try and stay active (WBS) | 2 (0.6) | 23 (6.9) | 93 (27.9) | 130 (39.0) | 85 (25.5) |
| If you have back pain you should not return to work until free of pain* | 86 (25.8) | 154 (46.2) | 67 (20.1) | 22 (6.6) | 4 (1.2) |
| If you have back pain you can use painkillers to control the pain (new) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) | 40 (12.0) | 167 (50.2) | 121 (36.3) |
*Similar to statement used in Australia survey by Buchbinder [13], but word 'almost' deleted from original and reworded to match style of WBS.