Pain Reconceptualisation after Pain Neurophysiology Education in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Participant demographics and thematic analysis for each of the four a priori themes.

Id	Age (yrs)	Sex	Duration of pain (yrs)	Work status	Pre		Post
					Belief that pain may not be due to tissue damage	Awareness of an emotion-pain relationship	Tissue damage reconceptualisation	Role of emotion reconceptualisation	Personal relevance	Perceived benefit
P1	42	F	22.0	Unemployed	No	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
P2	51	M	26.0	Unemployed	No	Partial	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
P3	44	F	6.0	Employed	No	Yes	Partial	Partial	Yes	Yes
P4	29	M	3.0	Employed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
P6	25	F	4.5	Employed
P7	46	F	10.0	Unemployed	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
P8	55	M	8.0	Retired	No	Partial	Partial	No	No	No
P9	72	F	5.0	Retired	No	Yes	No	No	Unclear	No
P10	40	F	22 .0	Employed	No	No	Partial	No	Unclear	—
P11	62	F	0.7	Retired	No	Partial	No	No	No	No
P12	56	M	7.0	Employed	No	No	No	No	No	—
P14	58	M	3.0	Employed	Yes	Partial	Yes	—	Yes	Yes

Participant’s prior beliefs, degree of reconceptualisation, perceived relevance of PNE, and perceptions of benefit are shown. The tissue damage reconceptualisation and role of emotion reconceptualisation categories looked at change from pre-PNE. Blank (—) spaces indicate that the issue was not discussed. “Yes” and “No” are used when there was clear evidence related to the theme and partial when there was tentative evidence. Unclear is used when the issue was discussed, but it could not be determined whether the evidence supported or refuted the issue. P6 did not provide a second interview. F = females, M = male.