Trial reportPloS one2020
Views of patients suffering from Failed Back Surgery Syndrome on their health and their ability to adapt to daily life and self-management: A qualitative exploration.
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- The Effects of Invasive Motor Cortex Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain: Do We See the Full Picture?Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2026Article
- Lessons learned from the experiences of patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPP syndrome) with a multidisciplinary consultation: a qualitative study.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Patient-Relevant Outcome Domains for Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome-A Scoping Review and Expert Panels.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Rapid Review on the Concept of Positive Health and Its Implementation in Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Non-somatic Suffering in Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study on Patients' Perspectives.Journal of palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe clinical outcomes of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) therapy in patients with a Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is mostly done by standardized pain and quality of life measurements instruments and hardly account for personal feelings and needs as a basis for a patient-centred approach and shared decision making.
objectivesThe objective of this study is to explore perspectives on personal health and quality of life (QoL) in FBSS patients concerning their physical-, psychological and spiritual well-being prior to receiving an SCS system.
methodsWe performed face-to-face, semi-structured, in-depth interviews to obtain descriptive and detailed data on personal health, guided by the Web diagram of Positive Health (Huber et al.) and a topic list. The following main topics were assessed qualitatively: 1) Bodily functioning, 2) Mental function and perception 3) Spiritual dimension, 4) Quality of life, 5) Social and societal participation and 6) Daily functioning.
resultsSeventeen FBSS patients (eight male, nine female) were included from April-November 2019 at the department of pain medicine in the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the Netherlands. Median age 49 years; range 28 to 67 years, and patients underwent between one and five lumbar surgical operations. The duration of their chronic pain was between four and 22 years. After analyzing the interviews, three themes emerged: 1) dealing with chronic pain, 2) the current situation regarding aspects of positive health, and 3) future perspectives on health and quality of life. These themes arose from eleven categories and a hundred ninety codes.
conclusionThis qualitative study explored FBSS patients 'views on their health and the ability to adapt to daily life having complex chronic pain, and showed that patients experienced shortcomings in daily life within the six dimensions of the Web diagram of Positive Health before the SCS implant.
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