Abstract In most effectiveness studies on lumbar supports for patients with low back pain, insufficient data are reported about adherence.
In a secondary preventive RCT, we found beneficial effects and a good adherence among home care workers with low back pain.
To target the use of lumbar supports on those patients who can benefit optimally from usage, we need to know why people are
adherent. We used the attitude, social support and self-efficacy model to identify determinants for prolonged adherence to
wearing a lumbar support. The strongest predictor for intending sustained use of a lumbar support was a positive attitude
towards lumbar supports, explaining 41% of the variance (B = 1.31; p < 0.001). Social support and self-efficacy played a minor ro…
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