Table 3.
Recommendations, GPs and PTs combined, and subgroups for work, activity and bedrest for the patient described in the vignette
| Question | Response option on questionnaire | Authors classification of response | % (n) of total respondents | % (n) of respondents in high biomedical, low behavioural subgroup | % (n) of respondents in low biomedical, high behavioural subgroup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work | Return to normal work | Strictly in line with guideline recommendations | 17.4 (173) | 8.6 (16) | 35.1 (47) | |
| Return to part time or light duties | Broadly in line with guideline recommendations | 54.5 (542) | 46.5 (86) | 53.0 (71) | ||
| Be off work for a further … weeks (stating number of weeks) | } | |||||
| Be off work until pain has improved | Not in line with guideline recommendations | 28.1 (279) | 44.9 (83) | 11.9 (16) | ||
| Be off work until pain has completely disappeared | ||||||
| Activity | Perform usual activities | Strictly in line with guideline recommendations | 13.1 (132) | 3.3 (6) | 28.5 (39) | |
| Perform activities within the patient’s tolerance | Broadly in line with guideline recommendations | 80.3 (810) | 84.2 (155) | 70.8 (97) | ||
| Perform only pain free activities | } | Not in line with guideline recommendations | 6.6 (67) | 12.5 (23) | 0.7 (1) | |
| Limit all physical activities until pain disappears | ||||||
| Bedrest | Avoid resting in bed entirely | Strictly in line with guideline recommendations | 29.0 (291) | 19.1 (35) | 48.9 (67) | |
| Avoid resting in bed as much as possible | } | Broadly in line with guideline recommendations | 70.1 (704) | 79.0 (145) | 51.1 (70) | |
| Rest in bed only when pain is severe | ||||||
| Rest in bed until pain improves substantially | } | Not in line with guideline recommendations | 0.9 (9) | 1.6 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| Rest in bed until pain disappears |