ArticleBMC health services research2017
Expectations towards participation in easily accessible pain management interventions: a qualitative study.
Article in BMC health services research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02531282 (Effect of and Experiences With a Health Promotion Intervention for People With Chronic Pain at a Healthy Life Centre - an Open, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial With a Nested Qualitative Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Effect of and Experiences With a Health Promotion Intervention for People With Chronic Pain at a Healthy Life Centre - an Open, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial With a Nested Qualitative Study
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Health care providers' experiences of pain management and attitudes towards digitally supported self-management interventions for chronic pain: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
- Twelve-month effect of chronic pain self-management intervention delivered in an easily accessible primary healthcare service - a randomised controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2018Trial
- Perspectives on Creating a Chronic Pain Support Line in Portugal: Results of a Focus Group Study among Patients and Healthcare Professionals.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Patients and healthcare professionals perspectives on creating a chronic pain support line in Portugal: A qualitative study protocol.PloS one · 2022Article
- 'A lifebuoy' and 'a waste of time': patients' varying experiences of multidisciplinary pain centre treatment- a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with chronic pain use a range of healthcare services, but they also report a high degree of dissatisfaction with treatments. One reason for dissatisfaction might be participants' expectations towards treatments. The aim of this study was to explore expectations of people with chronic pain towards participation in easily accessible pain management interventions delivered in public primary care.
methodsA qualitative study using semi-structured individual face-to-face interviews with 21 informants. The informants were recruited among participants enrolled in a randomised controlled trial on the effect of an easily accessible self-management course for people with chronic pain. The data were analysed thematically using Systematic Text Condensation.
resultsHaving experienced pain for a long time, there was no specific expectation of a cure or a significant alleviation of the pain. The informants' expectations mainly concerned a hope that participation could lead to a better everyday life. The informants said that hope was important as it motivated them to keep going and continue self-care activities. The hope acted as a driving force towards trying new interventions and maintaining motivation to do activities they experienced as beneficial. Both concrete aspects of the current intervention and an understanding of what interventions in general could offer contributed to the informants hope. The expectations centred about the interventions being something new, as they had not previously tried this service, an opportunity to gain and reinforce skills, to help them continue to grow as a person, to meet others in similar situations, and to access professional support in an easy manner. Participating in interventions provided by healthcare services was seen by some as an act of self-care, where they did something active to manage their health.
conclusionsExpectations towards the interventions were related to a hope for participation leading to a better everyday life. The role of hope for peoples' motivation to self-care implies that service providers should be aware of and help to maintain hope for a better everyday life. The importance of social support as part of self-care should be acknowledged when developing interventions targeting chronic pain.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02531282 . Registered on August 21 2015.
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