what is ipa analysis
The aim of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to explore indetail how participants are making sense of their personal and social world,and the main currency for an IPA study is the meanings particular experiences,events, states hold for participants.hronic benign low back painis a useful subject for IPA, as the context and personal meanings of the painto the sufferers are critical to their experience.The example is taken from aproject using IPA to try to understand the experience of chronic backpain by patients from one clinic in northern England.