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Coping with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Idiographic Exploration through Focus Groups:
Jenny Strong,Robert G. Large +1 more
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The research looks at people's appraisals and responses to the specific stressor of living with chronic low back pain, and identifies the desirability, if not need, for a somatic focus, the reliance on higher order cognitive strategies for planful action, and the use of a varied repertoire of coping strategies.Abstract:
Objective:This article explores the coping construct held by individuals with chronic low back pain. The research addresses two criteria identified as important for coping research: it looks at people's appraisals and responses to the specific stressor of living with chronic low back pain, and it seeks to identify what these individuals actually think and do in response to the ongoing stressor of living with chronic pain.Method:Fifteen people with chronic low back pain who responded to a media release participated in focus group discussions on coping with chronic pain.Results:Analysis indicated the desirability, if not need, for a somatic focus, the reliance on higher order cognitive strategies for planful action, and the use of a varied repertoire of coping strategies.Conclusions:These findings are discussed both in terms of adjustment to chronic illness and in relation to current pain management practices.read more
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A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the impact of low back pain on people’s lives
Robert J. Froud,Robert J. Froud,Sue Patterson,Sandra Eldridge,Clive Seale,Tamar Pincus,Dévan Rajendran,Christian Fossum,Martin Underwood +8 more
TL;DR: The social component of the biopsychosocial model is important to patients but not well represented in current core-sets of outcome measures, and researchers should consider social factors to help develop a portfolio of more relevant outcome measures.
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Chronic low back pain: patients' experiences, opinions and expectations for clinical management.
TL;DR: The experiences, opinions and treatment expectations of chronic low back pain patients are explored in order to identify what components of treatment they consider as being of most value, and poor adherence with advice and exercise appeared to be a key factor limiting the potential effectiveness of long-term self-management strategies.
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Patients’ experiences of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain: a qualitative systematic review
Francine Toye,Kate Seers,Nick Allcock,Michelle Briggs,Eloise C.J. Carr,JoyAnn Andrews,Karen Barker +6 more
TL;DR: A theoretical underpinning for improving patient experience and facilitating a therapeutic collaborative partnership is presented, which offers opportunities for improvement by involving patients, showing them their pain is understood, and forming the basis to help patients move forward alongside their pain.
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Coping with disease-related stressors in Parkinson's disease.
TL;DR: Findings show that tremors, lack of mental energy, and being dependent on others were the most stressful symptoms in each category of disease-related stressors in individuals with Parkinson's disease.
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A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain
Francine Toye,Kate Seers,Nick Allcock,Michelle Briggs,Eloise C.J. Carr,JoyAnn Andrews,Karen Barker,Karen Barker +7 more
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant MSK pain; utilise existing research knowledge to improve understanding and, thus, best practice in patient care; and contribute to the development of methods for qualitative research synthesis.
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TL;DR: The empirical research which has examined the relationships among beliefs, coping, and adjustment to chronic pain is reviewed and recommendations for future research include the development of coping and belief measures which do not confound different dimensions in the same measure.
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Coping with rheumatoid arthritis pain: catastrophizing as a maladaptive strategy
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TL;DR: A self‐report questionnaire, the Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory, is described, which assesses the frequency with which chronic pain patients use active or passive coping strategies when their pain reaches a moderate or greater level of intensity.