Successful recovery following musculoskeletal trauma: protocol for a qualitative study of patients' and physiotherapists' perceptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Annually in the UK, 40,000-90,000 people are involved in a traumatic incident. Severity of injury and how well people recover from their injuries varies, with physiotherapy playing a key role in the rehabilitation process. Recovery is evaluated using multiple outcome measures for perceived levels of pain severity and quality of life. It is unclear however, what constitutes a successful recovery from injury throughout the course of recovery from the patient perspective, and whether this aligns with physiotherapists' perspectives.

Methods

A qualitative study using two approaches: Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) using semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis following the Kreuger framework for focus groups. A purposive sample of 20 patients who h

SUBMITTER: Middlebrook N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7874566 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature