"I wanted to know what was hurting so much": a qualitative study exploring patients' expectations and experiences with primary care management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The management of shoulder pain is challenging for primary care clinicians considering that 40% of affected individuals remain symptomatic one year after initial consultation. Developing tailored knowledge mobilization interventions founded on evidence-based recommendations while also considering patients' expectations could improve primary care for shoulder pain. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore patients' expectations and experiences of their primary care consultation for shoulder pain.

Methods

In this qualitative study, participants with shoulder pain and having consulted a primary care clinician in the past year were interviewed. All the semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim, and inductive thematic analysis was performed to identif

SUBMITTER: Lowry V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521438 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature