Exploring the Experience of Living with Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: A spinal cord injury is a life-changing experience that results in functional limitations and an increased risk of secondary health conditions. People with spinal cord injury identify pain as the most devastating health problem following their injury that not only affects their social life but their mental well-being as well. This study is aimed at exploring the lived experience of living with pain by community-dwelling manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries. An explorative qualitative design was used to explore their experiences. In-depth interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the data were analysed using inductive thematic content analysis in the MAXQDA v2020. Fifteen manual wheelchair users with paraplegia participated in this study, and four themes were identified fro

SUBMITTER: Mashola MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10857878 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature