Exploring the Cross-cultural Acceptability of Digital Tools for Pain Self-reporting: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Culture and ethnicity influence how people communicate about their pain. This makes it challenging to develop pain self-report tools that are acceptable across ethnic groups.

Objective

We aimed to inform the development of cross-culturally acceptable digital pain self-report tools by better understanding the similarities and differences between ethnic groups in pain experiences and self-reporting needs.

Methods

Three web-based workshops consisting of a focus group and a user requirement exercise with people who self-identified as being of Black African (n=6), South Asian (n=10), or White British (n=7) ethnicity were conducted.

Results

Across ethnic groups, participants shared similar lived experiences and challenges in communicating their pain to hea

SUBMITTER: Ali SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947768 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature