Multi-level strategies to improve equitable timely person-centred osteoarthritis care for diverse women: qualitative interviews with women and healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women are more likely to develop osteoarthritis (OA), and have greater OA pain and disability compared with men, but are less likely to receive guideline-recommended management, particularly racialized women. OA care of diverse women, and strategies to improve the quality of their OA care is understudied. The purpose of this study was to explore strategies to overcome barriers of access to OA care for diverse women.

Methods

We conducted qualitative interviews with key informants and used content analysis to identify themes regarding what constitutes person-centred OA care, barriers of OA care, and strategies to support equitable timely access to person-centred OA care.

Results

We interviewed 27 women who varied by ethno-cultural group (e.g. African or Carib

SUBMITTER: Gagliardi AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature