Fig 1.
Modified PRISMA flow diagram.
Table 1.
Studies identified in the systematic review of patients’ perceived needs for medical services for low back pain.
Fig 2.
CASP tool for qualitative studies.
1CASP 1: Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research 2CASP 2: Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? 3CASP 3:Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? 4CASP 4: Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? 5CASP 5: Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? 6CASP 6: Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? 7CASP 7: Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? 8CASP 8: Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? 9CASP 9: Is there a clear statement of findings? 10CASP 10: How valuable is the research?
Fig 3.
Hoy et al’s Risk of Bias tool for quantitative studies.
1Criteria 1:Was the study’s target population a close representation of the national population in relation to relevant variables? 2Criteria 2: Was the sampling frame a true or close representation of the target population? 3Criteria 3: Was some form of random selection used to select the sample OR was a census taken? 4Criteria 4: Was the likelihood of nonresponse bias minimal? 5Criteria 5: Were data collected directly from the subjects? 6Criteria 6: Was an acceptable case definition used in the study? 7Criteria 7: Was the study instrument that measured the parameter of interest shown to have validity and reliability? 8Criteria 8: Was the same mode of data collection used for all subjects? 9Criteria 9: Was the length of the shortest prevalence period for the parameter of interest appropriate? 10Criteria 10: Were the numerator(s) and denominator(s) for the parameter of interest appropriate.
Table 2.
The perceived need for medical practitioners.
Table 3.
The perceived need for pharmacological management.
Table 4.
The perceived need for interventional therapies.
Table 5.
The perceived need for imaging.