Understanding Help Seeking for Chronic Joint Pain: Implications for Providing Supported Self-Management
Andrew Morden1, Clare Jinks2, Bie Nio Ong2
1Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom a.morden@keele.ac.uk.
Qualitative Health Research
|June 28, 2014
Summary
Patients weigh the benefits of consulting healthcare professionals against the value of their time when deciding on osteoarthritis joint pain management. Understanding these social processes can improve self-management support and consultation outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Rheumatology
- General Practice
- Qualitative Health Research
Background:
- Osteoarthritis (OA)-related joint pain is a widespread and disabling condition.
- UK clinical guidelines advocate for patient self-management in primary care.
- Understanding patient consultation decision-making for joint pain requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the processes and mechanisms influencing patient consultation decisions for osteoarthritis joint pain.
- To understand how patients perceive the value of consulting healthcare professionals.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study involving in-depth interviews and a diary study.
- Participants (N=22) were recruited from an existing longitudinal survey.
- Analysis focused on consultation decisions and illness actions as social processes.
Main Results:
- Consultation decisions are ongoing social processes where patients balance need and benefits against professional time.
- Patients consider the expertise of general practitioners (GPs) in their decision-making.
- GP consultation management influences patient actions and perceptions of consulting's worth.
Conclusions:
- Patient consultation decisions for joint pain are complex social processes.
- Improving self-management support requires understanding the patient's perspective on consulting.
- General practitioner communication and consultation style impact patient engagement and outcomes.
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