Journal article
Not So Golden After All:The Complexities of Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adulthood
The Gerontologist, Vol.58(5), pp.923-931
10/01/2018
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnx154
PMID: 29319801
Abstract
Background and Objectives: The study objective was to understand how Chronic low back pain (CLBP) impacts key aging concepts such as retirement, housing, health, and independence.
Research Design and Methods: Twenty-one pain clinic patients (66-83 years old) with CLBP engaged in 23 in-depth semi-structured interviews, which were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Guided by van Manen's phenomenological method, researchers used line-by-line thematic coding to analyze data through an iterative process.
Results: Participants' accounts illustrate the interplay between aging and living with CLBP. Under the larger theme "Not so golden after all," results are reflected in five subthemes: (a) Falling apart; (b) Pain stigmatizes aging; (c) Hurting slowly, aging quickly; (d) Pain threatens independence; (e) The reality of unrealized futures.
Discussion and Implications: This study improves our understanding of how CLBP complicates growing older with regard to tarnished retirements and stigmatization. Findings highlight the importance of coordinated care and recognition of pain-related loss.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Not So Golden After All:The Complexities of Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adulthood
- Creators
- Meredith L. Stensland - University of IowaSara Sanders - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Gerontologist, Vol.58(5), pp.923-931
- DOI
- 10.1093/geront/gnx154
- PMID
- 29319801
- NLM abbreviation
- Gerontologist
- ISSN
- 0016-9013
- eISSN
- 1758-5341
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- University of Iowa Graduate College
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Liberal Arts and Science Admin; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307255902771
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