Abstract
[Purpose] To examine the effects of providing information regarding low back pain on care workers’ catastrophic thoughts on such pain and recognition of its prognosis, as well as their relationships with the presence/absence and level of the pain. [Subjects and Methods] A lecture-based workshop was held for 29 care workers to provide them with information regarding low back pain. The participants were divided into: low back pain and non-low back pain groups, to compare their scores before and after the intervention. [Results] Scores representing the recognition of low back pain prognosis significantly increased after the intervention in both the low back pain and non-low back pain groups. Those representing catastrophic thoughts markedly improved in the latter, while there were no significant differences in the scores in the former. [Conclusion] The provision of related information may improve catastrophic thoughts on low back pain and recognition of its prognosis among care workers with it. It may also improve the recognition among those without such pain.
