OBJECTIVES: @entity1643 (LBP) has an important impact on quality of life, through @entity158 and functional incapacity, but also psychosocial distress. The social participation consequences of LBP have been less explored. The objective was to better understand experiences of @entity1 living with chronic LBP, with a focus on impact on relationships with family, friends and work colleagues. METHODS: Monocentric qualitative study in a tertiary-referral centre in Paris, France. @entity1 had chronic mechanical LBP. Semi-structured interviews were conducted during 4 focus groups discussions focusing on living with LBP. Verbatim was categorized and coded using thematic content analysis. RESULTS: Twenty-five @entity1 (11 @entity1 , 14 @entity1 ) participated; ages ranged 25-81 years. @entity1 often reported a negative self-perception in social interactions, with shame and frustration regarding their difficulties to perform activities of daily living. They often felt misunderstood and unsupported, partly due to the absence of visible signs of the condition. @entity1 suffered from the negative collective image attached to LBP ("benign/ @entity66 "). LBP resulted in some @entity1 in a significant loss of social identity with perceived impossibility to perform one's social role at home and at work. In contrast, family and friends were sometimes a support and helped in @entity158 management. CONCLUSION: A systematic assessment of social role is needed in LBP care.

The impact of XXXX is partly related to loss of social role: A qualitative study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'Participants', 'persons', 'men'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['Chronic low back pain'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['psychological disease'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity1643 :: (MESH:D017116,Disease) :: ['chronic low back pain']
