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. 2024 Jan 5;24:24. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04608-4

Table 7.

Summary of qualitative findings table: Cost/resources related to CPLBP care in older people

# Summarised review finding GRADE-CERQual Assessment of confidence Explanation of GRADE-CERQual Assessment References
13 Some participants viewed burden related to the intervention (financial, time and travel) as a barrier to accessing care. High cost rendered treatment inaccessible or deterred them from trying to adjust or continue with a recommended treatment. For others, who had the financial means or were accessing publicly funded health care, cost was not discussed. Moderate confidence No/Very minor concerns regarding methodological limitations, No/Very minor concerns regarding coherence, Minor concerns regarding adequacy, and Minor concerns regarding relevance Lyons Kevin J et al. 2013; Stensland M 2021; Dima A et al. 2013; Igwesi-Chidobe C N et al. 2017;
14 Many participants had a preference for health care providers who were in close proximity to where they lived. For some, this was due to their CPLBP limiting their ability to travel more than short distances due to pain. If services were located a distance away, they were perceived as insufficient, inaccessible or that the distance was a barrier to care. However, some participants were willing to travel if a trusted or favoured health care provider relocated, or they were exploring new treatment options. Others preferred to find a new practitioner close to where they lived. Moderate confidence No/Very minor concerns regarding methodological limitations, Minor concerns regarding coherence, Minor concerns regarding adequacy, and Minor concerns regarding relevance Lyons Kevin J et al. 2013; Stensland M 2021; Allvin R et al. 2019; Dima A et al. 2013; Lin I et al. 2014; Igwesi-Chidobe C N et al. 2017; Kirby E R et al. 2014;