ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2011
The hard work of self-management: Living with chronic knee pain.
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- Pooled it
- Experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- The clinical effectiveness of self-care interventions with an exercise component to manage knee conditions: A systematic review.The Knee · 2015Pooled it
- Experiences of recovery and a new care pathway for people with pain after total knee replacement: qualitative research embedded in the STAR trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Features and management of osteoarthritis from the perspective of individuals with osteoarthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Review
- Living normally without being oneself: A qualitative study on the experience of living with advanced chronic kidney disease.PloS one · 2023Article
- The impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease related fatigue on Health-Related Quality of Life: a qualitative semi-structured interview study.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2022Article
- The sands of time: Adolescents' temporal perceptions of peer relationships and autonomy in the context of living with chronic pain.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2022Article
- "I have to do things differently now, but I make it work"-young childhood cancer survivors' experiences of self-management in everyday living.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- The knowledge and self-management educational needs of older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Self-management of a musculoskeletal condition for people from harder to reach groups: a qualitative patient interview study.Disability and rehabilitation · 2019Article
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- Identifying the processes of change and engagement from using a social network intervention for people with long-term conditions. A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019Article
- Patient work from a context and time use perspective: a mixed-methods study protocol.BMJ open · 2018Observational
- Challenges and controversies of complex interventions in osteoarthritis management: recognizing inappropriate and discordant care.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2018Review
- An Exploratory Study of Student Pharmacists' Self-Reported Pain, Management Strategies, Outcomes, and Implications for Pharmacy Education.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- It's not just a knee, but a whole life: A qualitative descriptive study on patients' experiences of living with knee osteoarthritis and their expectations for knee arthroplasty.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2016Article
- Do everyday problems of people with chronic illness interfere with their disease management?BMC public health · 2015Article
- A qualitative study of the consequences of knee symptoms: 'It's like you're an athlete and you go to a couch potato'.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Understanding Help Seeking for Chronic Joint Pain: Implications for Providing Supported Self-Management.Qualitative health research · 2014Article
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Abstract
Self-management is a key policy initiative in many western countries, and most approaches are designed for people with long-term conditions based upon giving support and advice in order to manage the impact of the condition(s). Less attention has been paid to what people already do themselves. In this paper we focus on the meaning and enactment of self-management in everyday life and the hard work associated with devising and maintaining routine adaptive strategies. This UK-based qualitative study examined how people live with knee pain. From the interviews (22 at baseline, 15 at 6 months) and monthly diaries, it emerged that self-management could be based on implicit and incremental learning from experience or on explicit evaluation of actions. Either way, embodied and emotional hard work was involved in maintaining a daily life that allowed people to fulfil social roles and relationships. This individual and contextualised work needs to be recognised and drawn upon before specific self-management approaches are promoted.
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