Clinical Pathways and Patients' Attitudes in Acute Low Back Pain
Clinical Pathways and Patients' Attitudes in Acute Low Back Pain
In France the prevalence of low back pain is 70 to 80 %. It's the leading cause of health
 expenditure in Europe and costs 900 million euros per year to health insurance in France.
 This is the second reason to consult a general practitioner. Acute low back pain is defined
 as low back pain lasts less than 6 weeks. It represents 60 to 70 % of low back pain but only
 20% of the costs induced by low back pain in general. In fact, acute low back pain often
 heals spontaneously.

 Risk factors for acute low back pain and risk factors for chronic low back pain have been the
 subject of many publications. They remain very difficult to prevent in practice because of
 their multiplicity. Preventing acute low back pain is part of the prevention of chronic low
 back pain. Patient care management of low back pain is well codified and consensual in the
 various international recommendations. However, their application is sometimes very disparate
 and bad habits on both patients and professionals persist. Advices recommended in the case of
 low back pain are widely disseminated but their applications are little studied. In 2017, in
 France, health insurance started a "back pain" prevention campaign with the objective of
 raising awareness of good attitudes in the event of back pain. It made an initial assessment
 of the different knowledges concerning spinal pain in the general population but also in the
 medical population with the aim of improving them. It appears that number of patients would
 not consult physician in this case. The many proposals of care and the diversity of medical
 professionals, paramedics and other stakeholders, proposing to cure low back pain form as
 many different clinical pathways. Use of alternative or unconventional medicines is poorly
 assessed. In this context, it seems relevant to evaluate patient clinical pathways and
 patients' attitudes.
The aim of the study is to explore patient clinical pathways and patients' attitudes in acute
 low back pain
inclusion criteria :

 -  men and women

 -  aged between 18 and 65 years old

 -  living in France

 -  to have ever had an acute low back pain

 -  accepting to participate in the study

 exclusion criteria :

 - over 65 or under 18 years old