Comparison of individuals with back pain or lower pain and HEALTHY individuals' prejudiciality against chiropactic therapy

Chiropractic provides services to relieve pain in individuals. Chiropractic treatment methods have been developing and progressing from the past to the present and serve with many methods in the field of health. From the time chiropractic first emerged, many prejudices have been created by the society, and many prohibitions have been introduced in the past. However, today, the rate of people preferring chiropractic treatment methods has become high enough to be taken into account, which has brought positive and negative thoughts towards chiropractic by the society. The aim of this study is to examine the difference between the chiropractic perspectives of individuals who experience back and low back pain and those who do not have any health problems. The study is cross-sectional. The sample was formed between February 2023 and March 2023. As data collection tools; Personal Information Form, Quebec Low Back Pain Disability Scale and Cornell Musculoskeletal Disability Scale were used. A total of 189 volunteers with written informed consent were included in the study. According to the results of the research, 9.3% of individuals without pain, 16.7% of individuals with back pain, and 21.6% of individuals with both low back and back pain received chiropractic treatment. While 13.8% of the participants stated that they were absolutely against chiropractic, 21.2% stated that they were not against it, and 36% wanted it to be applied. 29.1% of the participants have no idea about chiropractic.