Persons with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Renegotiate Social Roles and Intimacy: A Qualitative Study

OBJECTIVE: Persons with complex regional pain syndrome often experience allodynia, where touch is painful. Allodynia is associated with poor prognosis, but the impacts on roles, activities, social relationships, and intimacy remain unclear. There is a need to examine intimacy in complex regional pain syndrome from a lived experience perspective. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of cognitive debriefing interview data from 44 persons …