Back pain beliefs among Indian migrants in Australia: a cross-sectional study

CONCLUSIONS: Beliefs of Indian migrants aligned with a "western traditional" biomedical model for the cause of pain, but with a belief in the effectiveness of both Indian traditional and western treatment approaches. Awareness of these beliefs could enable an effective therapeutic alliance between clinicians and Indian patients.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONBack pain beliefs of Australian Indian migrants are similar to their western counterparts, so the current guidelines for back pain can potentially be implemented without too much adjustment for this migrant community.Awareness of these beliefs is likely to improve the therapeutic alliance between clinician and an Indian migrant patient.PMID:35021927 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2021.2022784
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research