Therapeutic itinerary of patients with chronic low-back pain attending outpatient physiotherapy clinic

• Autor(a) principal: Mbada, Chidozie Emmanuel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Oladapo, Samuel Olaniyi, Igwe, Chizoba Favour, Oyewole, Olufemi Oyeleye, Fatoye, Clara, Ogundele, Abiola Oladele, Fatoye , Francis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/71393
• topic: Low Back Pain; Therapeutic Itinerary; Rehabilitation; Complementary Therapies; Physical Therapy Specialty.; Dor Lombar; Itinerário Terapêutico; Reabilitação; Terapias Complementares; Especialidade de Fisioterapia.

Objective: to assess therapeutic itinerary of patients with chronic low-back pain. Methods: qualitative study involving the use of an in-depth semi structured interviews were used to collect data on therapeutic itinerary among ten patients with chronic low-back pain who from physiotherapy clinic of a tertiary hospital. Data was analysed using thematic content analysis. Results: emerging themes were as follows: onset of low-back pain, symptoms that initiated the journey for care, steps taken to find pain relief, respondent’s perception on care received, interference of chronic low-back pain with normal life, family and relations, multiple practices in which chronic low-back pain patients are involved, perception of effectiveness of the multiple practices, and hurdles to seeking care. Conclusion: patients with chronic low-back pain take different routes in search of care. Chronic low-back pain markedly altered patients’ life and made them prone to practicing medical pluralism.