Hayk Petrosyan, Christopher Leonardi, Aakash Thakral, Jason Roth, Nicholas Russoniello, Yelena Goldin, Sagar Parikh
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Abstract
Background: Home exercise programs (HEPs) are cost-effective and efficacious treatments for musculoskeletal pain conditions. Although HEPs are an important part of the continuum of care, non-adherence limits their effectiveness.
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine adherence and specific barriers to clinician-prescribed HEPs in adults with musculoskeletal pain.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a total of 300 patients presenting to an outpatient pain clinic in an academic medical center. Participants' self-reported information, including HEP completion frequency and barriers, was collected through a survey.
Results: The participants' mean age was 54.1 ± 15.8 years (females = 133 (65.5%)). Of 203 participants, 99 (48.8%) adhered to HEP, 56 (27.6%) partially adhered, and 48 (23.6%) did not adhere. One hundred eighty-seven (92.1%) participants reported receiving adequate instructions, and 175 (86.2%) reported receiving instructional materials. Age and "sufficient instructions" were found to be significant determinants of adherence (p< 0.05), while gender and handouts were not (p> 0.05). Pain in more than one body part was significantly (p< 0.05) associated with motivational barriers for non-adherence.
Conclusion: Age and participants' perception of sufficient instructions were significant factors for non-adherence. These results emphasize the importance of therapist-provided instructions to overcome barriers to adherence.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation is a journal whose main focus is to present relevant information about the interdisciplinary approach to musculoskeletal rehabilitation for clinicians who treat patients with back and musculoskeletal pain complaints. It will provide readers with both 1) a general fund of knowledge on the assessment and management of specific problems and 2) new information considered to be state-of-the-art in the field. The intended audience is multidisciplinary as well as multi-specialty.
In each issue clinicians can find information which they can use in their patient setting the very next day.