Illness perceptions in people with chronic and disabling non-specific neck pain seeking primary healthcare: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Illness perceptions can affect the way people with musculoskeletal pain emotionally and behaviorally cope with their health condition. Understanding patients illness perceptions may help facilitate patient-centered care. The purpose of this study was to explore illness perceptions and the origin of those perceptions in people with chronic disabling non-specific neck pain seeking primary care.

Methods

A qualitative study using a deductive and inductive analytical approach was conducted in 20 people with persistent (> 3 months) and disabling (i.e., Neck Disability Index ≥ 15) neck pain. Using a semi-structured format, participants were interviewed about their illness perceptions according to Leventhal's Common Sense Model. Purposive sampling and member checking were

SUBMITTER: Kragting M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900625 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature