Table 3.
Back pain advice and pharmacists' experience of back pain
| Number (%) | |||
| Statement | Pain* | Agree | Disagree |
| I often have negative feelings about advising people with back pain+ | None | 20 (21.5) | 73 (78.5) |
| (n = 328) χ2 = 6.4 df = 2 p = 0.040 | Short | 27 (13.8) | 168 (86.2) |
| Long | 2 (5.0) | 38 (95.0) | |
| Total | 49 (14.9) | 279 (85.1) | |
| I most frequently refer people with back pain to their GP | None | 31 (34.1) | 60 (65.9) |
| (n = 321) χ2 = 4.7 df = 2 p = 0.094 | Short | 46 (24.1) | 145 (75.9) |
| Long | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | |
| Total | 84 (26.2) | 237 (73.8) | |
| Back pain is an important topic where I work | None | 23 (25.3) | 68 (74.7) |
| (n = 319) χ2 = 17.8 df = 2 p = 0.000 | Short | 68 (36.0) | 121 (64.0) |
| Long | 25 (64.1) | 14 (35.9) | |
| Total | 116 (36.4) | 203 (63.6) | |
| Where I work people often ask for advice about back pain | None | 41 (45.6) | 49 (54.4) |
| (n = 323) χ2 = 8.3 df = 2 p = 0.015 | Short | 98 (50.8) | 95 (49.2) |
| Long | 29 (72.5) | 11 (27.5) | |
| Total | 168 (52.0) | 155 (48.0) | |
| I offer good advice about back pain | None | 66 (79.5) | 17 (20.5) |
| (n = 304) χ2 = 5.6 df = 2 p = 0.060 | Short | 163 (89.1) | 20 (10.9) |
| Long | 35 (92.1) | 3 (7.9) | |
| Total | 264 (86.8) | 40 (13.2) | |
| My support staff offer good advice about back pain | None | 55 (67.1) | 27 (32.9) |
| (n = 298) χ2 = 4.2 df = 2 p = 0.122 | Short | 138 (77.1) | 41 (22.9) |
| Long | 24 (64.9) | 13 (35.1) | |
| Total | 217 (72.8) | 81 (27.2) | |
*Personal experience of back pain: none; short term or long-standing.
+Similar to Buchbinder [13]: 'advising people with back pain' replaces 'treating these people'.