Due to the difficulties encountered in the treatment process of patients with chronic pain, it is of utmost importance to involve patients themselves in their rehabilitation trajectory. Patient engagement can be obtained by motivating patients to select their own treatment goals. We hypothesize that applying goal setting, as a form of patient empowerment, in potential candidates for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may further improve the outcome of SCS. As a first step in creating patient empowerment, patients' goals that they aim to achieve with SCS will be explored.

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脊髓刺激之前的目标识别：对潜在候选人的定性探索。

由于在慢性疼痛患者的治疗过程中遇到的困难，使患者自己参与康复轨迹至关重要。可以通过激励患者选择自己的治疗目标来获得患者参与。我们假设将目标设定作为患者授权的一种形式应用在潜在的脊髓刺激（SCS）候选者中，可能会进一步改善SCS的结果。作为创建患者赋权的第一步，将探索他们旨在通过SCS实现的患者目标。