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A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem that many interpret within a biopsychosocial model. There is renewed concern that core-sets of outcome measures do not capture what is important. To inform debate about the coverage of back pain outcome measure core-sets, and to suggest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-50 |
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author | Froud, Robert Patterson, Sue Eldridge, Sandra Seale, Clive Pincus, Tamar Rajendran, Dévan Fossum, Christian Underwood, Martin |
author_facet | Froud, Robert Patterson, Sue Eldridge, Sandra Seale, Clive Pincus, Tamar Rajendran, Dévan Fossum, Christian Underwood, Martin |
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description | BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem that many interpret within a biopsychosocial model. There is renewed concern that core-sets of outcome measures do not capture what is important. To inform debate about the coverage of back pain outcome measure core-sets, and to suggest areas worthy of exploration within healthcare consultations, we have synthesised the qualitative literature on the impact of low back pain on people’s lives. METHODS: Two reviewers searched CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PEDro, and Medline, identifying qualitative studies of people’s experiences of non-specific LBP. Abstracted data were thematic coded and synthesised using a meta-ethnographic, and a meta-narrative approach. RESULTS: We included 49 papers describing 42 studies. Patients are concerned with engagement in meaningful activities; but they also want to be believed and have their experiences and identity, as someone ‘doing battle’ with pain, validated. Patients seek diagnosis, treatment, and cure, but also reassurance of the absence of pathology. Some struggle to meet social expectations and obligations. When these are achieved, the credibility of their pain/disability claims can be jeopardised. Others withdraw, fearful of disapproval, or unable or unwilling to accommodate social demands. Patients generally seek to regain their pre-pain levels of health, and physical and emotional stability. After time, this can be perceived to become unrealistic and some adjust their expectations accordingly. CONCLUSIONS: The social component of the biopsychosocial model is not well represented in current core-sets of outcome measures. Clinicians should appreciate that the broader impact of low back pain includes social factors; this may be crucial to improving patients’ experiences of health care. Researchers should consider social factors to help develop a portfolio of more relevant outcome measures. |
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spelling | pubmed-39325122014-02-25 A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives Froud, Robert Patterson, Sue Eldridge, Sandra Seale, Clive Pincus, Tamar Rajendran, Dévan Fossum, Christian Underwood, Martin BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem that many interpret within a biopsychosocial model. There is renewed concern that core-sets of outcome measures do not capture what is important. To inform debate about the coverage of back pain outcome measure core-sets, and to suggest areas worthy of exploration within healthcare consultations, we have synthesised the qualitative literature on the impact of low back pain on people’s lives. METHODS: Two reviewers searched CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PEDro, and Medline, identifying qualitative studies of people’s experiences of non-specific LBP. Abstracted data were thematic coded and synthesised using a meta-ethnographic, and a meta-narrative approach. RESULTS: We included 49 papers describing 42 studies. Patients are concerned with engagement in meaningful activities; but they also want to be believed and have their experiences and identity, as someone ‘doing battle’ with pain, validated. Patients seek diagnosis, treatment, and cure, but also reassurance of the absence of pathology. Some struggle to meet social expectations and obligations. When these are achieved, the credibility of their pain/disability claims can be jeopardised. Others withdraw, fearful of disapproval, or unable or unwilling to accommodate social demands. Patients generally seek to regain their pre-pain levels of health, and physical and emotional stability. After time, this can be perceived to become unrealistic and some adjust their expectations accordingly. CONCLUSIONS: The social component of the biopsychosocial model is not well represented in current core-sets of outcome measures. Clinicians should appreciate that the broader impact of low back pain includes social factors; this may be crucial to improving patients’ experiences of health care. Researchers should consider social factors to help develop a portfolio of more relevant outcome measures. BioMed Central 2014-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3932512/ /pubmed/24559519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-50 Text en Copyright © 2014 Froud et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Froud, Robert Patterson, Sue Eldridge, Sandra Seale, Clive Pincus, Tamar Rajendran, Dévan Fossum, Christian Underwood, Martin A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title | A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title_full | A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title_fullStr | A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title_short | A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
title_sort | systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-50 |
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