Luciana Alves Custódio, Yara Andrade Marques, Aline Martins de Toledo, Arthur de Sá Ferreira, Maurits van Tulder, Everton Nunes da Silva, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro
BACKGROUND: Understanding the care pathway is essential to identify how to effectively treat spinal disorders. However, there is no specific data on the pathway of these individuals in the Health Care Networks (HCN) in Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pathway of individuals with non-specific spinal disorders (NSD) in the HCN in the Federal District, Brazil, and verify the interventions adopted, and to test whether sociodemographic and clinical variables predict the number of imaging tests, prescribed medication, and the first HCN access...
October 13, 2023: Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy