ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2020
"I stay in bed, sometimes all day." A qualitative study exploring lived experiences of persons with disabling low back pain.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Living with pain-a systematic review on patients' subjective experiences.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond the pain: A qualitative study exploring the physical therapy experience in patients with chronic low back pain.Physiotherapy theory and practice · 2023Trial
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- Structural barriers and facilitators of accessing rehabilitation among adults aged 50 years and older with low back pain: a scoping review of the literature.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Lived and Care Experiences of Chronic Musculoskeletal Shoulder Pain in Australian Adults: A Qualitative Study.Arthritis care & research · 2026Article
- Structural barriers and facilitators to accessing postsurgical rehabilitation in adults who were treated with surgery for low back pain: protocol for a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Revealing sleep and pain reciprocity with wearables and machine learning.Communications medicine · 2025Review
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- A Qualitative Investigation of the Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain in Ghana.BMJ open · 2023Article
- SPINE20 recommendations 2023: One Earth, one family, one future WITHOUT spine DISABILITY.Brain & spine · 2023Review
- Contextualizing the lived experiences of patients with low back pain from different countries according to the ICF framework.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo explore the lived experiences of persons with low back pain (LBP) and disability within the context of the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health (ICF) framework.
methodsQualitative study using focus group methodology. We stratified LBP patients into two low (n=9) and one high disability (n=3) groups. Transcript-based thematic analysis was conducted through an interpretivist lens.
resultsFour themes emerged: Invisibility, Ambivalence, Social isolation, and Stigmatization and marginalization. Participants described how environmental factors affected how they experienced disability and how their awareness of people's attitudes affected personal factors and participation in social activities. High disability participants experienced challenges with self-care, employment, and activities. The invisibility of LBP and status loss contributed to depressive symptoms.
conclusionLBP patients experience physical, social, economic and emotional disability. Our findings highlight the interaction between domains of the ICF framework and the importance of considering these perspectives when managing LBP patients with varying levels of disability.
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