A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery
Abstract Background Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain (RCRSP) is the most common type of shoulder pain and the most disabling common symptom in people with Rotator Cuff Tear (RCT). The patient’s point of view concerning health status has become important in decision-making procedures and has theref...
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| author | Umile Giuseppe Longo Nicolò Panattoni Sergio De Salvatore Anna Marchetti Maria Grazia De Marinis Vincenzo Denaro |
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| description | Abstract Background Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain (RCRSP) is the most common type of shoulder pain and the most disabling common symptom in people with Rotator Cuff Tear (RCT). The patient’s point of view concerning health status has become important in decision-making procedures and has therefore been considered a possible criterion standard for assessing treatment efficacy. The study aims to explore patients’ experiences and perceptions during pre-admission for Rotator Cuff Repair surgery. Methods A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using a phenomenological approach based on Husserl’s philosophical perspective. A consecutive sample of twenty RCT patients awaiting repair surgery agreed to participate and was interviewed until the information was saturated. None of the patients enrolled was lost during the data collection phases. Data were collected through open-ended interviews between December 2021 and January 2022. The credibility, reliability, confirmability, and transferability criteria of Lincoln and Guba have been adopted to guarantee the trustworthiness of the results. The data analysis was conducted according to inductive content analysis. Results Four main themes and sub-themes related to each have been identified from the phenomenological analysis. The major themes were: (1) Pain changes lifestyle habits, (2) Pain control requires specific strategies, (3) Suffering turns time into waiting, (4) Waiting for Surgery between trust and fear. Conclusion Investigating patients’ experiences and the emotional impact of Rotator Cuff Tear facilitates the development of specific educational and therapeutic strategies to improve care and post-intervention outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6521d3ca93964adfb48e586d9032510b2023-04-09T11:06:14ZengBMCBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders1471-24742023-04-012411810.1186/s12891-023-06350-9A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgeryUmile Giuseppe Longo0Nicolò Panattoni1Sergio De Salvatore2Anna Marchetti3Maria Grazia De Marinis4Vincenzo Denaro5Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-MedicoDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor VergataResearch Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio- Medico di RomaResearch Unit Nursing Science, Campus Bio-Medico UniversityResearch Unit Nursing Science, Campus Bio-Medico UniversityFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-MedicoAbstract Background Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain (RCRSP) is the most common type of shoulder pain and the most disabling common symptom in people with Rotator Cuff Tear (RCT). The patient’s point of view concerning health status has become important in decision-making procedures and has therefore been considered a possible criterion standard for assessing treatment efficacy. The study aims to explore patients’ experiences and perceptions during pre-admission for Rotator Cuff Repair surgery. Methods A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using a phenomenological approach based on Husserl’s philosophical perspective. A consecutive sample of twenty RCT patients awaiting repair surgery agreed to participate and was interviewed until the information was saturated. None of the patients enrolled was lost during the data collection phases. Data were collected through open-ended interviews between December 2021 and January 2022. The credibility, reliability, confirmability, and transferability criteria of Lincoln and Guba have been adopted to guarantee the trustworthiness of the results. The data analysis was conducted according to inductive content analysis. Results Four main themes and sub-themes related to each have been identified from the phenomenological analysis. The major themes were: (1) Pain changes lifestyle habits, (2) Pain control requires specific strategies, (3) Suffering turns time into waiting, (4) Waiting for Surgery between trust and fear. Conclusion Investigating patients’ experiences and the emotional impact of Rotator Cuff Tear facilitates the development of specific educational and therapeutic strategies to improve care and post-intervention outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06350-9Rotator cuff tearRotator cuff repairExperiencesArthroscopyQualitative research |
| spellingShingle | Umile Giuseppe Longo Nicolò Panattoni Sergio De Salvatore Anna Marchetti Maria Grazia De Marinis Vincenzo Denaro A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Rotator cuff tear Rotator cuff repair Experiences Arthroscopy Qualitative research |
| title | A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| title_full | A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| title_short | A qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre-admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| title_sort | qualitative assessment of experiences and perception during pre admission for rotator cuff repair surgery |
| topic | Rotator cuff tear Rotator cuff repair Experiences Arthroscopy Qualitative research |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06350-9 |
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