Abstract:
Purpose: To find out patients perception towards medicine and receiving
physiotherapy treatment for the low back pain patients attended at CRP. Objectives:
To identify the participants understanding about medication and physiotherapy
treatment, to evaluate participants satisfaction to managing their problem with drugs
an physiotherapy treatment, to discover how much patients are aware about side effect of madication, to find out the issue related to "perceived benefit" with physiotherapy
management for LBP and to find out participants perception about comparative
effectiveness of drug and physiotherapy treatment. Methodology: A qualitative study
design was used to conduct the study. Fifteen subjects with chronic low back pain
from musculoskeletal unit of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the paralysed (CRP)
outpatient physiotherapy department were recruited in this study. The samples were
selected by convenience sampling method. The data were collected by using an open
ended questionnaire form and coded by nine themes; finally the coded data are
analyzed and presented qualitative analysis. Result: Following themes have been
emerged on the basis of data analysis. These include, improvement is not sustainable
with medicine for LBP, Analgesic produce side effect, Patient prefer
multidimensional intervention, Home exercise is effective for LBP patient,
Physiotherapy is not affordable treatment, Patient are quite satisfied with attitude of
the physiotherapist, Physiotherapist provide much time to solve patients problem,
Physical environment in physiotherapy department is user friendly, Physiotherapy is
effective treatment.
