Prevalence Of Disability And Fear Avoidance Beliefs

ENROLLING BY INVITATION

NCT07286630

Sponsor: Dina Abdelhady Hammad Attia Ahmed

Summary

Three hundred eighty -one egyptian physical therapists of both genders with age 25-55 years old in Cairo governorate who have worked for at least two years.The study will be conducted to investigate the prevalence of disability and fear avoidance beliefs among egyptian physical therapists with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP), and data will be collected through self-administered questionnaires distributed electronically.Participants were recruited from various public and private physical therapy centers and hospitals in Cairo .

Official title: Prevalence Of Disability And Fear Avoidance Beliefs Among Egyptian Physical Therapists With Chronic Non Specific Low Back Pain

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

25 Years - 55 Years

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

381

Start Date

2025-09-07

Completion Date

2026-05-13

Last Updated

2026-03-13

Healthy Volunteers

Not specified

Conditions

Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire

* Fear avoidance beliefs will be measured using the FABQ. It contains 16 items, scored from 0-6 (completely agree to completely disagree). It consists of two subscales, the physical activity subscale (FABQ PA), scored out of 24 (scores of ≤15 indicate low and \>15 indicate high fear avoidance), and work (FABQ W), scored out of 42 points (scores of ≤34 indicate low and \>34 indicate high fear avoidance) * Oswestrydisability examines the level of disability in 10 everyday activities of daily living. * Pain intensity -Personal care -Lifting * Walking -Sitting -Standing * Sleeping -Sex (if applicable) * Social -Travel (Physiopedia, n.d.). * Each component is assigned a value between 0 and 5, with 5 indicating the most disability. The index is calculated by dividing the total score by the range of scores and multiplying the result by 100 to get the index's percentage value .

Locations (1)

Faculty of physical therapy

Cairo, Egypt

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