Table II.
Beliefs about LBP among healthcare professionals: Proportion (%) of respondents responding appropriately according to campaign statements, in the control and project counties in 2002 and 2005.
| Intervention counties |
Control county |
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| Statement | Agree/disagree | Profession | 2002 | 2005 | 2002 | 2005 |
| Back pain recovers best by itself | Agree/totally agree | Doctors | 74 | 86 | 84 | 84 |
| Physiotherapists | 28 | 41 | 46 | 46 | ||
| Chiropractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radiograph and newer imaging tests are useful to identify the cause of the pain | Disagree/totally disagree | Doctors | 10 | 31 | 7 | 13 |
| Physiotherapists | 16 | 33 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Chiropractors | 30 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| In most cases, back pain recovers by itself in a couple of weeks, no matter what we do | Agree/totally agree | Doctors | 88 | 89 | 94 | 90 |
| Physiotherapists | 56 | 60 | 54 | 54 | ||
| Chiropractors | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Most often, it will be possible to find an exact cause of the pain | Disagree/totally disagree | Doctors | 47 | 55 | 45 | 61 |
| Physiotherapists | 29 | 34 | 25 | 32 | ||
| Chiropractors | 18 | 46 | 20 | 40 | ||
| One recovers faster from back pain if one continues at work or returns as soon as possible | Agree/totally agree | Doctors | 73 | 78 | 87 | 77 |
| Physiotherapists | 60 | 62 | 64 | 68 | ||
| Chiropractors | 64 | 73 | 60 | 40 | ||
| Any treatment by a doctor, physiotherapist, or chiropractor is symptomatic pain relieving | Agree/totally agree | Doctors | 52 | 65 | 61 | 77 |
| Physiotherapists | 20 | 16 | 39 | 21 | ||
| Chiropractors | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disc herniation should most often have surgery | Disagree/totally disagree | Doctors | 69 | 80 | 80 | 93 |
| Physiotherapists | 57 | 79 | 68 | 75 | ||
| Chiropractors | 100 | 91 | 100 | 80 | ||