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dc.contributor.authorKrohne, Kariann
dc.contributor.authorIhlebæk, Camilla
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-08T13:52:27Z
dc.date.available2010-11-08T13:52:27Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-13
dc.identifier.citationKrohne, K. & Ihlebæk, C. (2010). Maintaining a balance: A focus group study on living and coping with chronic whiplash-associated disorder. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11 (158),en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2474
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/506
dc.description.abstractBackground: There is little qualitative insight into how persons with chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorder cope on a day to day basis. This study seeks to identify the symptoms persons with Whiplash-Associated Disorder describe as dominating and explore their self-initiated coping strategies. Methods: Qualitative study using focus groups interviews. Fourteen Norwegian men and women with Whiplash- Associated Disorder (I or II) were recruited to participate in two focus groups. Data were analyzed according to a phenomenological approach, and discussed within the model of Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS). Results: Participants reported neck and head pain, sensory hypersensitivity, and cognitive dysfunction following their whiplash injury. Based on the intensity of symptoms, participants divided everyday life into good and bad periods. In good periods the symptoms were perceived as manageable. In bad periods the symptoms intensified and took control of the individual. Participants expressed a constant notion of trying to balance their three main coping strategies; rest, exercise, and social withdrawal. In good periods participants experienced coping by expecting good results from the strategies they used. In bad periods they experienced no or negative relationships between their behavioral strategies and their complaints. Conclusions: Neck and head pain, sensory hypersensitivity, and cognitive dysfunction were reported as participants' main complaints. A constanten_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subjectWhiplash-associated disorderen_US
dc.subjectWhiplashen_US
dc.subjectCopingen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750en_US
dc.titleMaintaining a balance: A focus group study on living and coping with chronic whiplash-associated disorderen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-158


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