Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children's chronic lower limb pain: A qualitative study of management strategies using vignette-based focus groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic lower limb pain is common in children and adolescents and is frequently managed by podiatrists. Due to the complexities of understanding the cause of chronic pain, clinicians may experience uncertainty around the diagnosis, which in turn may impact their communication and management approaches. Limited research explores how podiatrists manage chronic lower limb pain in children, especially in the presence of diagnostic uncertainty. This study aimed to explore the management strategies including language that podiatrists report using to address the pain experience of children with chronic lower limb pain and to investigate if and how the reported management strategies used by podiatrists to address the pain experience of children with chronic lower limb pain vary

SUBMITTER: Coventry J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature