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Yvonne Lindbäck1, Paul Enthoven2, Birgitta Öberg2
1Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 83, Sweden. Electronic address: http://www.imh.liu.se/fysioterapi.
Background:
Since the pre-surgery phase is a new setting for physiotherapy, exploring patients' experiences might contribute to new insights for future development of care in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorders.
Objectives:
To describe patients' experiences of how symptoms are explained, and their experiences of the influences on back-related health after pre-surgery physiotherapy.
Design:
Explorative qualitative design using semi-structured interviews analysed with content analysis.
Participants:
Eighteen patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder scheduled for surgery, participated in pre-surgery physiotherapy.
Findings:
Five categories were identified: Influences on symptoms, physical function and sleep; Influences on coping and well-being; Explanations of back-related symptoms and wanting to be well-informed; Influence on social functioning; The ability of the model of care to influence reassurance and prevention.
Conclusion:
Improvements in back-related health in all the biopsychosocial dimensions emerged. Even those who expressed no symptom improvements, felt better performing exercises than being inactive, and exercises improved their frame of mind, a useful experience in possible low back pain recurrences. Pre-surgery physiotherapy provided reassurance and gave time to reflect on treatments and lifestyle. Despite pre-surgery physiotherapy, back-related symptoms were mainly described in line with a biomedical explanatory model. Those using broader explanations were confident that physiotherapy and self-management could influence their symptoms. Suggesting more emphasis on explanatory models suitable for surgery, pre- and post-surgery physiotherapy and self-management in the professionals' dialogue with patients.
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