1.3.1 Interdisciplinary intervention
The literature supports the view that the prognosis of individuals with LBP is not as good as previously thought. The typical recovery is slow, and patients may still have pain and disability for one year 54-58. Therefore, individuals with LBP need effective comprehensive treatments to minimize pain, optimize function and participation, and prevent recurrence of a LBP episode. Guidelines for evidence-informed primary care management of LBP recommend that clinicians from different disciplines be part of individuals’ care including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, chiropractors, and pharmacists 59. This interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary approach is needed
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This interdisciplinary team provides multiple and collaborative treatments 61; clinicians work together to establish and achieve a common goal of treatment, make collective therapeutic decisions, and facilitate communication between clinicians and patients 62. Interdisciplinary intervention aims to improve patients’ health outcomes, decrease patients’ reliance on pain medication, reduce patients use of health care services, encourage feelings of success, support patients’ return to work, increase self-efficacy, and engage patients to be active and responsible for their own health 62.
In the research field, interdisciplinary intervention and multidisciplinary intervention are used interchangeably, they refer to the patient care team 63. However, interdisciplinary intervention can be distinguished from multidisciplinary intervention as it is used to describe a comprehensive approach offered by clinicians from different disciplines who work together in the same facility 63. In addition, the clinicians in the interdisciplinary team set meetings to discuss the patients’ progress, use one record system, and use a uniform approach to treat patients