ArticleBMJ open2022
Rethinking pain education from the perspectives of people experiencing pain: a meta-ethnography to inform physiotherapy training.
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- Patient education for chronic musculoskeletal pain: a scoping review of recommendations, effectiveness, and educational content.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Article
- Let's talk about pain: A mixed methods exploration of patients' pain knowledge and preferred ways to introduce the biopsychosocial model of pain.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Article
- Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a 'Virtual Patient' with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Education Resource for Physiotherapy Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How Do Individuals Perceive Diagnostic Labels and Explanations for Hip Pain? A Qualitative Study Among Adults With Persistent Hip Pain.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- Advancing pain education: a cross-sectional study in the Portuguese medical schools.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Delivering equitable pain care: Lessons from the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain.British journal of pain · 2023Article
- The Treatment of Pediatric Pain in Spain: A Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Physiotherapists Using the Biopsychosocial Model for Chronic Pain: Barriers and Facilitators-A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A qualitative study to explore the acceptability and feasibility of implementing person-focused evidence-based pain education concepts in pre-registration physiotherapy training.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPain is a complex, global and multidimensional phenomena that impacts the lives of millions of people. Chronic pain (lasting more than 3 months) is particularly burdensome for individuals, health and social care systems. Physiotherapists have a fundamental role in supporting people who are experiencing pain. However, the appropriateness of pain education in pre-registration physiotherapy training programmes has been questioned.Recent research reports identify the need to integrate the voice of patients to inform the development of the pre-registration curriculum. The aim of this meta-ethnography was to develop new conceptual understanding of patients' needs when accessing physiotherapy for pain management. The concepts were viewed through an educational lens to create a patient needs-based model to inform physiotherapy training.
methodsNoblit and Hare's seven-stage meta-ethnography was used to conduct this qualitative systematic review. Five databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, ERIC, PsycINFO and AMED) were searched with eligibility criteria: qualitative methodology, reports patient experience of physiotherapy, adult participants with musculoskeletal pain, reported in English. Databases were searched to January 2018. Emerge reporting guidelines guided the preparation of this manuscript.
resultsA total of 366 citations were screened, 43 full texts retrieved and 18 studies included in the final synthesis. Interpretive qualitative synthesis resulted in six distinct categories that represent patients' needs when in pain. Analysing categories through an education lens resulted in three overall lines of argument to inform physiotherapy training. The categories and lines of argument are represented in a 'needs-based' model to inform pre-registration physiotherapy training. DISCUSSION: The findings provide new and novel interpretations of qualitative data in an area of research that lacks patient input. This is a valuable addition to pain education research. Findings support the work of others relative to patient centredness in physiotherapy.
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