ArticleChronic illness2014
Women's accounts of help-seeking in early rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to diagnosis.
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- Candidacy 2.0 (CC) - an enhanced theory of access to healthcare for chronic conditions: lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis on access to rheumatoid arthritis care.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- The motherhood choices decision aid for women with rheumatoid arthritis increases knowledge and reduces decisional conflict: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2015Trial
- Disease knowledge and medication adherence among rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving pharmacist-led education: prospective single-arm interventional study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Disease knowledge and quality of life among rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC rheumatology · 2025Article
- Knowledge-seeking and knowledge sharing of health services across social networks and communities: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A scoping review of triage approaches for the referral of patients with suspected inflammatory arthritis, from primary to rheumatology care.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Barriers to the Diagnosis of Early Inflammatory Arthritis: A Literature Review.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2023Review
- Networks of Care: A Social Network Perspective of Distributed Multidisciplinary Care for People With Inflammatory Arthritis.ACR open rheumatology · 2022Article
- Revealing gendered identity and agency in dementia.Health & social care in the community · 2017Article
- Does gender matter? An analysis of men's and women's accounts of responding to symptoms of lung cancer.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- The pathway to consultation for rheumatoid arthritis: exploring anticipated actions between the onset of symptoms and face-to-face encounter with a healthcare professional.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- A qualitative investigation of the barriers to help-seeking among members of the public presented with symptoms of new-onset rheumatoid arthritis.The Journal of rheumatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs interest in gender and health grows, the notion that women are more likely than men to consult doctors is increasingly undermined as more complex understandings of help seeking and gender emerge. While men's reluctance to seek help is associated with practices of masculinities, there has been less consideration of women's help-seeking practices. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease that predominantly affects women and requires prompt treatment but considerable patient-based delays persist along the care pathway. This paper examines women's accounts of help seeking in early RA from symptom onset to diagnosis.
methodsWe conducted in-depth interviews with 37 women with RA <12 months in Canada. Analysis was based on a constant comparison, thematic approach informed by narrative analysis.
resultsThe women's accounts featured masculine practices associated with men's help-seeking. The women presented such behaviours as relational, e.g. rooted in family socialisation and a determination to maintain roles and 'normal' life. DISCUSSION: Our findings raise questions about how far notions of gender operate to differentiate men and women's help seeking and may indicate more similarities than differences. Recognising this has implications for policy and practice initiatives for both men and women.
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