{
  "abstract": "Introduction In September 2022, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare released the Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standards (‘Care Standard’). We aimed to explore general practitioners’ (GPs’) perspectives on how the Care Standard can be implemented, with a view to identifying what strategies could be used to do so.Methods This qualitative study is underpinned by a critical realist philosophy. We interviewed 16 GPs across Australia with experience working with patients who present with low back pain (LBP). Interview questions were based on the Theoretical Domains Framework, and interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Results We identified three themes: theme 1—‘I have my own guidelines and ways of doing things’—guidelines and standards are not relevant for experienced GPs’ captures the perceived unnecessariness of seeking advice from guidelines and standards for LBP; theme 2—I agree with the standards but the system, clinicians and patients hinder my ability to enact them—reports factors impacting the will and ability of clinicians to implement the standards in practice; theme 3—Change the system and train us better—discusses potential strategies to implement the Care Standard: changing funding and infrastructure (eg, improving GPs’ reimbursement for time spent, investing in publicly funded allied health services); offering training and education (eg, continuing professional development courses, improving communication training in undergraduate courses), developing stakeholder relationships (eg, primary health networks, Health Pathways), supporting clinicians through interactive assistance (eg, reminders, embedding assessment tools in existing systems), engaging/educating patients and using evaluative strategies such as auditing.Conclusions Our results suggest that the multidimensional nature of the challenges GPs face, and the strategies they suggest, calls for a multimodal and integrated approach to implementing the Care Standards, including system changes.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Clinical Trials Capability (ULTRA) Team, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia",
        "Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Nathalia Costa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sydney Local Health District, The University of Sydney Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia",
        "Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Chung-Wei Christine Lin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia",
        "Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Fiona Blyth"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia",
        "Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Carmen Huckel-Schneider"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Rachelle Buchbinder"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Pharmacy, The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Danijela Gnjidic"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Pharmacy, The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Aili Langford"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Denise O’Connor"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Pharmacy, The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Carl Schneider"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Chiropractic, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Simon French"
    }
  ],
  "title": "‘Overhaul Medicare and perhaps train us better’: a qualitative study of primary care general practitioners’ perspectives on how to implement the low back pain clinical care standards",
  "uid": "a6cc6721-b26c-5bd6-8e02-37d718ff7792"
}