Patients' Expectations Before Initiation of Intrathecal Baclofen Treatment: A Longitudinal Study with 1-Year Follow-Up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate patients' expectations, met/unmet expectations and satisfaction with intrathecal baclofen treatment in relation to effect on spasticity, pain intensity, sleep quality, occupational performance, well-being and self-efficacy.

Design

A prospective longitudinal study with follow-up at 1 year.

Patients

Consecutive patients, age ≥ 18 years with a disabling spasticity of cerebral or spinal origin selected for intrathecal baclofen treatment at 2 university hospitals in Sweden were included. From August 2016 to June 2019, 35 patients began intrathecal baclofen treatment; 29 patients were included and completed the study.

Methods

Baseline and 1-year follow-up included assessment of spasticity by physiotherapists, a semi-structured interview regar

SUBMITTER: Gunnarsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature