摘要:Patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) hold various knowledge,
perceptions and beliefs about their pain which are based on prior learning and
social conditions. Since LBP is a bio- psycho-social phenomenon and there are
not any reports about awareness and attitude of Iranian patients’ views
regarding it, this descriptive study was employed to earn this information P to
apply its results in health education planning. For data gathering, deeply
interviewing with 24 patients were performed. Volunteer patients were from
Rheumatology Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Science from July
1st to Sep 1st 2003 who had inclusive criteria such as: 18 years old or more,
suffering from LBP more than 90 d and not having experience of surgical
operation in last two years. Interviews were individually held at rheumatic
disease center which was convenient to the participants and were being continued
to earn data saturation regarding patient’s knowledge, perception and belief
about LBP. The findings showed that the most popular risky behavior for LBP was
hard manual activities, also this study revealed that knowledge of the patients
about LBP and its risk factors was little and LBP was not understood by the
majority of patients (74%).Only a few people (11%) believed risk factors and
risky behaviors could deteriorate it. From this study it can be concluded that
health educators should emphasize on perception and attitude of the patients
regarding LBP for changing behavior and complying of recommended body mechanics.