“A life of living death”: the experiences of people living with chronic low back pain in rural Nigeria

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 779-790

  Igwesi Chidobe, Chinonso N ^a,b   Kitchen, Sheila ^a   Sorinola, Isaac O ^a   Godfrey, Emma L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; experiences; non specific; qualitative study; rural Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84964459825     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2016.1161844     Document Type: Article

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