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      Older adult’s experience of chronic low back pain and its implications on their daily life: Study protocol of a systematic review of qualitative research

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          Background

          Of various chronic diseases, low back pain (LBP) is the most common and debilitating musculoskeletal condition among older adults aged 65 years or older. While more than 17 million older adults in the USA suffer from at least one episode of LBP annually, approximately six million of them experience chronic LBP that significantly affects their quality of life and physical function. Since many older adults with chronic LBP may also have comorbidities and are more sensitive to pain than younger counterparts, these older individuals may face unique age-related physical and psychosocial problems. While some qualitative research studies have investigated the life experiences of older adults with chronic LBP, no systematic review has integrated and synthesized the scientific knowledge regarding the influence of chronic LBP on the physical, psychological, and social aspects of lives in older adults. Without such information, it may result in unmet care needs and ineffective interventions for this vulnerable group. Therefore, the objective of this systematic review is to synthesize knowledge regarding older adults’ experiences of living with chronic LBP and the implications on their daily lives.

          Methods/design

          Candidate publications will be sought from databases: PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. Qualitative research studies will be included if they are related to the experiences of older adults with chronic LBP. Two independent reviewers will screen the titles, abstracts, and full-text articles for eligibility. The reference lists of the included studies will be checked for additional relevant studies. Forward citation tracking will be conducted. Meta-ethnography will be chosen to synthesize the data from the included studies. Specifically, the second-order concepts that are deemed to be translatable by two independent reviewers will be included and synthesized to capture the core of the idiomatic translations (i.e., a translation focusing on salient categories of meaning rather than the literal translation of words or phrases).

          Discussion

          This systematic review of qualitative evidence will enable researchers to identify potential unmet care needs, as well as to facilitate the development of effective, appropriate, person-centered health care interventions targeting this group of individuals.

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          PROSPERO 2018: CRD42018091292

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          The online version of this article (10.1186/s13643-018-0742-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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              Measuring the global burden of low back pain.

              Low back pain is a major cause of morbidity in high-, middle- and low-income countries, yet to date it has been relatively under-prioritised and under-funded. One important reason may be the low ranking it has received relative to many other conditions included in the previous Global Burden of Disease studies, due in part to a lack of uniformity in how low back pain is defined and a paucity of suitable data. We present an overview of methods we have undertaken to ensure a more accurate estimate for low back pain in the Global Burden of Disease 2005 study. This will help clinicians to contextualise the new estimates and rankings when they become available at the end of 2010. It will also be helpful in planning further population-based epidemiological studies of low back pain to ensure their estimates can be included in the future Global Burden of Disease studies. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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                Contributors
                arnold.wong@polyu.edu.hk
                Katarina.Sjogran.Forss@mau.se
                Jenny.Jakobsson@mau.se
                veronika.schoeb@polyu.edu.hk
                Christine.Kumlien@mau.se
                + 46 72 23 19 499 , Gunilla.Borglin@mau.se
                Journal
                Syst Rev
                Syst Rev
                Systematic Reviews
                BioMed Central (London )
                2046-4053
                24 May 2018
                24 May 2018
                2018
                : 7
                : 81
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1764 6123, GRID grid.16890.36, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ; Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9961 9487, GRID grid.32995.34, Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, , Malmö University, ; SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden
                [3 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0623 9987, GRID grid.412650.4, Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, , Skåne University Hospital, ; Malmö, Sweden
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7934-6949
                Article
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                10.1186/s13643-018-0742-5
                5968538
                29793522
                8442cfab-4852-45a1-98e2-82adf32ca64f
                © The Author(s). 2018

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

                History
                : 10 December 2017
                : 9 May 2018
                Funding
                Funded by: Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University and the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Collaborative Research Grants Scheme
                Award ID: Ref number: 1-ZVJZ
                Award ID: Ref number: 1-ZVJZ
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                health service research,meta-ethnography,meta-synthesis,qualitative studies,older adults,chronic low back pain

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