Community-based online survey on seeking care and information for lower limb pain and injury in Australia: an observational study.
Adult
Aged
Australia
Female
General Practitioners
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Information Seeking Behavior
Internet
/ statistics & numerical data
Lower Extremity
/ injuries
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Pain
/ therapy
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
/ statistics & numerical data
Physical Therapists
/ statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trust
musculoskeletal disorders
primary care
public health
quality in health care
Journal
BMJ open
ISSN: 2044-6055
Titre abrégé: BMJ Open
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101552874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 07 2020
19 07 2020
Historique:
entrez:
22
7
2020
pubmed:
22
7
2020
medline:
18
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Musculoskeletal pain is a leading cause of disability globally. In geographically and socioeconomically diverse countries, such as Australia, care seeking when someone experiences musculoskeletal pain is varied and potentially influenced by their individual characteristics, access to practitioners or perceived trustworthiness of information. This study explored how consumers currently access healthcare, how well it is trusted and if sociodemographic factors influenced healthcare utilisation. Anonymous online observational survey. Australia. A convenience sample of 831 community-based individuals (18+ years). Descriptive analyses and generalised estimating equations were used to quantify healthcare-seeking behaviours, sources and trust of health information for (A) first-contact practitioners, (B) medical practitioners, and (C) other sources of information. Of the 761 respondents, 73% were females, 54% resided in capital cities. 68% of respondents had experienced pain or injury in more than one lower limb joint. Despite this, more than 30% of respondents only sought help when there had not been natural resolution of their pain. Physiotherapists had the highest odds of being seen, asked and trusted for healthcare information. The odds of seeking care from general practitioners were no higher than seeking information from an expert website. Older individuals and women exhibited higher odds of seeking, asking and trusting health information. Intelligible and trustworthy information must be available for consumers experiencing lower limb pain. Individuals, particularly younger people, are seeking information from multiple, unregulated sources. This suggests that healthcare professionals may need to invest time and resources into improving the trustworthiness and availability of healthcare information to improve healthcare quality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32690504
pii: bmjopen-2019-035030
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035030
pmc: PMC7371145
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e035030Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: DJH provides consulting advice to Pfizer, Lilly, Merck Serono and TLC Bio.
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