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"Bearing the Pain": The Experience of Aging African Americans With Osteoarthritis Pain.
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- The Spiritual Aspect of Pain: An Integrative Review.Journal of religion and health · 2024Review
- Attending to Marginalization in The Chronic Pain Literature: A Scoping Review.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
- A progressive agenda toward equity in pain care.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Review
- A Pilot Study of a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program Delivered by Community Health Workers to Underserved African American Older Adults.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Predictors of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Outcomes and their Contextual Determinants Among Black Individuals: A Narrative Review.The journal of pain · 2022Review
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- Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans.Journal of palliative medicine · 2022Review
- Exploring the Experiences of Co-morbid Pain and Depression in Older African American Women and Their Preferred Management Strategies.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Voices of African American Older Adults on the Implications of Social and Healthcare-Related Policies for Osteoarthritis Pain Care.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2021Article
- Living with pain in 'age-(un)friendly' housing environments: A qualitative study with African American older adults.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
- A historical review of pain disparities research: Advancing toward health equity and empowerment.Nursing outlookReview
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Abstract
Studies document that osteoarthritis-related joint pain is more severe in African American older adults, but research on the personal experience of osteoarthritis pain self-management in this population is limited. Using a qualitative descriptive design, our objective was to extend our understanding of the experience of life with osteoarthritis pain. Eighteen African Americans (50 years and older) were recruited from Louisiana to participate in a single semi-structured, in-depth interview. A conventional content analysis revealed that "Bearing the pain" characterized how older African Americans dealt with osteoarthritis. Bearing the pain comprised three actions: adjusting to pain, sharing pain with others, and trusting God as healer. We discovered that a metapersonal experience subsumes the complex biopsychosocial-cultural patterns and the intricate interaction of self, others, and God in living with and managing osteoarthritis pain. Study findings have implications for application of more inclusive self-management frameworks and interventions.
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