Longitudinal qualitative study of living with neurogenic claudication.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Neurogenic claudication (NC) causes pain and reduced mobility, particularly in older people, and can negatively affect mental and social well-being, so limiting successful ageing. This qualitative study explored how people with NC changed over 12 months.

Design

A longitudinal qualitative study using semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Participants were recruited from a UK clinical trial of a physiotherapy intervention for NC.

Participants

Interviews were undertaken at baseline, 1 month after receiving any intervention and at 12 months. We analysed 30 sets of three interviews.

Results

Interview data were summarised for each time point into biopsychosocial domains: pain, mobility and activities of daily living, psychological impact, and social a

SUBMITTER: Griffiths F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476140 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature