Exploring Adolescents' Understanding, Experiences and Beliefs About Pain: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain is prevalent across the lifespan and contributes to significant societal and economic burdens. The public often holds misconceptions about pain and pain management. Despite this, there are no well-resourced public health initiatives delivering information about pain and pain management to the public. Adolescence is an opportune time to educate the public about pain. Health interventions designed for adolescents should reflect their understanding, beliefs and experiences; however, no studies explore this in non-clinical populations of adolescents. We aimed to explore adolescents' understanding, experiences and beliefs about pain to inform the development of a school-based pain education module.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 adolescent

SUBMITTER: Bogard I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666834 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature