A synthesis of qualitative research to understand the complexity behind treatment decision-making for osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease with treatment involving a multidisciplinary approach with pharmacological, physical therapies and surgery as options. Qualitative research can help us to understand the complexity of managing health conditions and this understanding plays a role in good clinical practice. We aimed to systematically search for, identify, and synthesise qualitative research exploring the experience of living with osteoarthritis, including decision making about joint replacement.

Methods

We comprehensively searched 4 bibliographic databases and used the methods of meta-ethnography to synthesise qualitative research findings. We screened 10 ​123 titles, 548 abstracts, and 139 full texts. We included findings from 118 reports (105 unique

SUBMITTER: Barker KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10068262 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature