Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Low Back Pain With Patient-Clinician Relatedness

In this group, participants will share information regarding their low back pain history to a clinician who is not providing eye-contact, has farther physical distance, and is not directly facing the participant. The clinician will not provide verbal affirmations or ask clarifying questions about the patient's low back pain history. Instead, more time will be spent on completion of documentation.

A condition in which the clinician is providing enhanced relatedness with consistent eye contact, closer physical distance, facing the patient, and providing non-verbal affirmations (i.e. nodding, smiling), as the participant shares their low back pain history. The clinician will provide empathic verbal affirmations and will ask clarifying questions about the patient's low back pain history.