Adherence to low back pain practice guidelines

Total score (range 1 - 4)

3.4 (3.2 - 3.7)

2.5 (2.3 - 2.7)

Guideline-consistent in activity^*

42 [95]

34 [74]

Guideline-consistent in work^*

34 [77]

26 [57]

Guideline-consistent in bed rest^*

31 [70]

9 [20]

PABS-PT

Biomedical/behavioral ratio^†

0.87 (0.81 - 0.93)

1.19 (1.11 - 1.26)

Demographics

Men

32 [73]

38 [86]

Age (years)

37.4 (35.0 - 39.8)

34.5 (32.5 - 36.6)

The highest education level attained

Less than Bachelor degree

27 [59]

23 [50]

Bachelor degree

13 [28]

13 [28]

Post-graduate degree

4 [9]

10 [22]

Attitude of therapists towards self-directed learning to facilitate evidence-based clinical practice

The number of participation in external seminar per year

7.5 (5.0 - 9.9)

5.8 (3.9 - 7.6)

The number of academic papers in Japanese read per month

3.7 (2.4 - 5.0)

3.0 (2.2 - 3.9)

The number of academic papers in English read per month

1.6 (0.2 - 2.9)

0.9 (0.2 - 1.6)