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ArticleClinical rehabilitation2025

'It can be very complicated': A qualitative analysis of clinicians' practices and perspectives on treating adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain.

Sara D Hauber, Katie Robinson, Kieran O'Sullivan

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Sara D HauberSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-7250-1678
Katie RobinsonSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1008-9857
Kieran O'SullivanSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-7137-3125

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ObjectiveTo explore the practices, perspectives and beliefs of clinicians treating adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain.DesignA qualitative descriptive study using individual, semi-structured interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to code interview transcripts and generate relevant themes.SettingClinicians in any clinical setting where adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain are treated.ParticipantsTen clinicians (eight chartered physiotherapists, one nurse and one psychologist) who currently treat or have treated adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain.ResultsFive themes were identified which captured the practices, perspectives and beliefs of clinicians treating adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain: (1) Multiple relationships, one priority, (2) Without buy-in, it won't work, (3) Managing pain, living life, (4) No one-size-fits-all treatment, and (5) Who you see is what you get.ConclusionsTreating an adolescent with nonspecific persistent back pain is not the same as treating an adult with the same condition. Specifically, clinicians must attend to the needs, concerns and beliefs of both adolescents and their parents, reflecting the diminished autonomy of adolescent patients. Clinicians tend to offer person-centred care to adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain. However, they currently lack guidance on how to foster effective treatment relationships with parents and how to achieve buy-in to a modern conceptualisation of persistent back pain as a biopsychosocial phenomenon.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelBack PainPractice Patterns, Physicians'AdolescentFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleQualitative ResearchAdolescentback painbiopsychosocial modelpersistent painqualitative

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