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Patients' Experience Post-Lumbar Fusion Regarding Back Problems, Recovery And Expectations In Terms Of The International Classification Of Functioning, Disability And Health, Allan Abbott, Rune Hedland, Raija Tyni-Lenné
Patients' Experience Post-Lumbar Fusion Regarding Back Problems, Recovery And Expectations In Terms Of The International Classification Of Functioning, Disability And Health, Allan Abbott, Rune Hedland, Raija Tyni-Lenné
Allan D. Abbott
Purpose - To describe within the context of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ((ICF)), patient's experiences post-lumber fusion regarding back problems, recovery and expectations of rehabilitation and to contrast with the content of outcome measures and the ICF low back pain ((LBP)) core sets.
Methods - The study has a cross-sectional and retrospective design and involves 20 lumbar fusion patients. Using the ICF, qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews 3–6 months post-surgery was performed. This was compared with the ICF related content of the Oswestry Disability Index ((ODI)), Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 ((SF-36)), European Quality …