Table 2 Themes and sub-themes

Themes and sub-themes

Pain changes lifestyle habits

- Restriction or inability to move

- Impaired sleep quality

- Dependence on basic needs

Suffering turns time into waiting

- The underestimation of the problem

- Negative feelings generated by pain

- The wait for a solution

Pain control requires specific strategies

- Adoption of autonomous interventions

- Adoption of pharmacological/medical prescriptions

Waiting for surgery between trust and fear

- Optimism and confidence for arthroscopic surgery

- The fear of not solving