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ArticleQualitative health research2024

Photos Sculpt the Stories of Youth: Using Photovoice to Holistically Capture the Lived Experiences and Pain of Youth Who Underwent Spinal Fusion Surgery.

Samantha Noyek, Gillian Newman, Abbie Jordan, Kathryn A Birnie, Melanie Noel

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Psychosocial Burden of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Patient and Caregiver Perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  2. Children's Communication Choices About Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury: Insights From a Public Involvement Event.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Samantha NoyekDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8379-017X
Gillian NewmanPEAK Research Lab, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Abbie JordanDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Kathryn A BirnieDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Canada.
Melanie NoelDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal fusion surgery is one of the most common major surgical procedures in youth. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most frequent reason for corrective spinal fusion. AIS (∼25%-47% of cases) and spinal fusion surgeries are associated with pain, including the development of new onset chronic pain for up to 15% of youth. This research used photovoice approaches to explore the journeys of youth from before, during, and after spinal fusion surgery, to demonstrate their experiences both of and beyond pain. Twenty participants were recruited from a previous study conducted by the senior author's lab. Participants captured photos/videos in their daily life (Phase 1); collected previously taken photos/videos from before/during/after their surgery (Phase 2); and participated in individual interviews to reflexively discuss the meaning behind photos/videos (Phase 3). Before interviews, a questionnaire was administered to assess pain characteristics. Nineteen girls/women with scoliosis and one boy/man with kyphosis (12-19 years old,

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PhotographyScoliosisSpinal FusionAdolescentChildChronic PainFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicKyphosisMaleQualitative ResearchYoung Adultlived experiencepediatric painphotovoicequalitative researchsurgical pain

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PMID38329300
PMCPMC11375908

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