Interdisciplinary Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as Part of Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Rehabilitation: Experience of Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients receiving lumbar spinal fusion surgery often have persisting postoperative pain negatively affecting their daily life. These patients may be helped by interdisciplinary cognitive-behavioral therapy which is recognized as an effective intervention for improving beneficial pain coping behavior, thereby facilitating the rehabilitation process of patients with chronic pain.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of patients recovering from lumbar spinal fusion surgery and to explore potential similarities and disparities in pain coping behavior between receivers and nonreceivers of interdisciplinary cognitive-behavioral group therapy.

Methods

We conducted semistructured interviews with 10 patients; 5 receiving cognitive-

SUBMITTER: Lindgreen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957958 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature