ESPRM MSKD Research Com.Questionnaire for Low Back Pain Question Title * 1. City / Country: City: Country: Question Title * 2. Age: ▢20-25 ▢26-30 ▢31-40 ▢41-50 ▢51-60 ▢61-70 ▢71-80 ▢81+ Question Title * 3. Gender Female Male Question Title * 4. How many years have you been working in PRM? ▢<1 year ▢1-5 years ▢6-10 years ▢6-20 years ▢>20 years Question Title * 5. Academic degree/ Job: ▢Resident/Specialist Registrar ▢Specialist/ Consultant ▢Assistant professor ▢Associate professor ▢Professor Question Title * 6. Institution: ▢Tertiary centre (University or Training hospital) ▢Secondary centre (State hospital) ▢Primary care ▢Private practice Question Title * 7. What is the population of the city or region you work in? ▢Entire Country ▢≥500.000 ▢≥1.000.000 Question Title * 8. How many patients are you responsible for the diagnosis, treatment or management of low back pain on average in a week? ▢none ▢1-5 ▢6-10 ▢11-15 ▢16-20 =>20 Question Title * 9. In your opinion, in what percentage of patients with low back pain do you establish a clear diagnosis? ▢<20% ▢20-39% ▢40-59% ▢60-79% ▢>80% Question Title * 10. What are the most common pathologies you establish in the patients with low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) ▢Fracture ▢Infection ▢Intervertebral disc disease ▢Lumbar disc herniation ▢Malignancy ▢Non-specific soft tissue injury (ligament, tendon,capsule pathologies) ▢Osteoporosis (including compression fracture) ▢Sacroiliac joint dysfunction ▢Scoliosis ▢Spinal stenosis ▢Spondyloarthritis ▢Spondylolisthesis ▢Spondylosis (facet degeneration ext.) ▢Strain Question Title * 11. Which of the following is/are most valuable in your clinical assessment of low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) ▢History ▢Physical examination ▢Blood tests ▢X-ray ▢MRI ▢Electrodignostic tests Question Title * 12. For what percentage of the patients with low back pain do you need to request an MRI ? ▢<20% ▢20-39% ▢40-59% ▢60-79% ▢>80% Question Title * 13. What information do you rely on, when treating a patient with low back pain? =international evidence based medicine guidelines ▢traditional clinical practice ▢both of them Question Title * 14. What percentage of your patients with low back pain do you refer to another clinical department? ▢<20% ▢20-39% ▢40-59% ▢60-79% ▢>80% Question Title * 15. Which clinical departments do you require consultation most often for the treatment of a patient with low back pain? =Algology – Pain Medicine ▢Infectious disease ▢Internal medicine ▢Neurology ▢Neurosurgery ▢Orthopedics ▢Rheumatology ▢Cardiovascular surgery Other Question Title * 16. What percentage of your patients with low back pain do you treat as inpatients in hospital? ▢<20% ▢20-39% ▢40-59% ▢60-79% ▢>80% Question Title * 17. What percentage of your patients do you refer for surgical intervention? ▢<20% ▢20-39% ▢40-59% ▢60-79% ▢>80% Question Title * 18. What pharmacological treatments do you most frequently recommend to your patients with low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) ▢acetaminophen/paracetamol ▢non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ▢muscle relaxants ▢antiepileptics ▢tramadol/opioids ▢corticosteroids ▢Topical agents ▢capsaisin Question Title * 19. What non pharmacological treatments do you most frequently recommend to your patients with low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) =back care information ▢exercise ▢physical modalities ▢spa therapy =balneotherapy ▢massage ▢manipulation ▢cognitive behaviour therapy ▢complementary and alternative treatments ▢Strength training of core muscles(stabilizers of trunk) Question Title * 20. What interventional treatments do you most frequently offer to your patients with low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) ▢dry needling ▢neuraltherapy ▢prolotherapy ▢spinal injections (epidural, facet, sacroiliac ect.,US,CT ,fluoroscopy guided) ▢none Question Title * 21. What physical treatments do you most frequently recommend to your patients with low back pain? (you can choose more than one option) ▢superficial heating / Hotpack =Cold pack ▢therapeutic ultrasound ▢Phonophoresis ▢Constant current ▢Iontophoresis ▢short wave diathermy ▢TENS low frequency ▢TENS high frequency ▢Interferential therapy ▢NMES.Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ▢Massage ▢Subaquatic Massage ▢traction ▢low level laser therapy ▢high level laser therapy Diğer (lütfen belirtin) Question Title * 22. Which scales are you familiar with or use in your practice on low back pain? =low back pain rating scale ▢oswestry disability index ▢progressive isoinertial lifting evaluation ▢quebec back pain disability scale ▢rolland-morris disability questionnaire =none Bitti