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Transferring patients’s experiences of change from the context of physiotherapy to daily life
- Source :
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Purpose: In the treatment of patients with long-lasting musculoskeletal pain, the challenge is to identify causal and sustaining factors and targeted treatment in order to improve function. Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) is an approach often applied to patients with such pain. Long-term NPMP processes from the patients’ perspective have been studied and discussed in the light of phenomenology of the body. The study purpose was to explore what kind of changes patients with long-lasting musculoskeletal pain experience during NPMP and further transfer into daily life context. Methods: A phenomenological, descriptive, and retrospective design was applied. Two focus-group interviews were conducted with 11 patients receiving such treatment. The interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analysed inspired by Giorgi’s phenomenological methodology. Results: The analysis resulted in an overarching structure: “To develop embodied ownership of oneself over time”, and two themes describing the essence of change that the patients experienced: (1) “To get an embodied grip on oneself through treatment”; (2) “To give oneself space in daily life”. Conclusions: Enhanced embodied self-perception involving a sense of embodied ownership and agency seemed to be important both to be aware of own bodily needs and to transfer changes from treatment into daily life.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17482623 and 17482631
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f476ab0e7a3f41dfb12b55458edcc53d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1735767