Do Osteopaths Consider Smoking Status to be Relevant in Prognosis and Patient Management?
Item
- Title
- Do Osteopaths Consider Smoking Status to be Relevant in Prognosis and Patient Management?
- Title
- Do Osteopaths Consider Smoking Status to be Relevant in Prognosis and Patient Management?
- Author(s)
- Phillips Will
- Abstract
- Background: Previous research has provided evidence indicating a positive association between smoking and low back pain, with an increased risk of symptoms becoming chronic. However, no material currently exists examining the implications any association has to the osteopathic treatment of low back pain in patients who smoke. Objectives: To explore osteopaths' experiences of treating patient who smoke in order to see if and how smoking status affects patient management. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were carried with osteopaths in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Transcripts were coded and analysed using content analysis with elements of grounded theory. Results: Osteopaths interviewed recognise that smoking may be a contributing factor to musculoskeletal pain and a theoretical barrier to recovery; opinions on the strength of such an association varied between individuals. Smoking status did not affect the osteopathic treatment provided to patients who smoke. Conclusion: Osteopaths' views are in line with current evidence suggesting that smoking is a contributing factor to low back pain, but the nature and importance of the extent of this relationship remains unknown.
- Abstract
- Background: Previous research has provided evidence indicating a positive association between smoking and low back pain, with an increased risk of symptoms becoming chronic. However, no material currently exists examining the implications any association has to the osteopathic treatment of low back pain in patients who smoke. Objectives: To explore osteopaths' experiences of treating patient who smoke in order to see if and how smoking status affects patient management. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were carried with osteopaths in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Transcripts were coded and analysed using content analysis with elements of grounded theory. Results: Osteopaths interviewed recognise that smoking may be a contributing factor to musculoskeletal pain and a theoretical barrier to recovery; opinions on the strength of such an association varied between individuals. Smoking status did not affect the osteopathic treatment provided to patients who smoke. Conclusion: Osteopaths' views are in line with current evidence suggesting that smoking is a contributing factor to low back pain, but the nature and importance of the extent of this relationship remains unknown.
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 3.2.2012 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Pub-Identifier
- 15095
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Smoking, musculoskeletal, chronicity
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Phillips Will, “Do Osteopaths Consider Smoking Status to be Relevant in Prognosis and Patient Management?”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/1633