Rutledge Dana N, Cantero Patricia J, Ruiz Jeanette E
School of Nursing, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA.
Chronic Illn. 2013 Jun;9(2):133-44. doi: 10.1177/1742395312464719. Epub 2012 Nov 5.
The objective of this study is to examine the strategies used to manage chronic pain from the perspective of the individual in group interviews.
Sixteen low-income overweight Latino adults participated in two group interviews facilitated by a trained moderator who inquired about the type of chronic pain suffered by participants, followed by more specific questions about pain management. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim (Spanish), back-translated into English, and analyzed using thematic analysis.
Participants' pain varied in type, location, and intensity. Participants discussed pain-related changes in activities and social life, and difficulties with health care providers, and as a result, we discovered five major themes: pain-related life alterations, enduring the pain, trying different strategies, emotional suffering, and encounters with health care system/providers.
Findings indicated that there are opportunities for providers to improve care for low-income overweight Latinos with chronic pain by listening respectfully to how pain alters their daily lives and assisting them in feasible self-management strategies.
本研究的目的是在小组访谈中从个体角度审视用于管理慢性疼痛的策略。
16名低收入超重拉丁裔成年人参加了两次由经过培训的主持人主持的小组访谈，主持人询问了参与者所患慢性疼痛的类型，随后提出了关于疼痛管理的更具体问题。访谈进行了录音，逐字转录（西班牙语），回译成英语，并使用主题分析法进行分析。
参与者的疼痛在类型、位置和强度上各不相同。参与者讨论了与疼痛相关的活动和社交生活变化，以及与医疗服务提供者之间的困难，因此，我们发现了五个主要主题：与疼痛相关的生活改变、忍受疼痛、尝试不同策略、情感痛苦以及与医疗系统/提供者的接触。
研究结果表明，医疗服务提供者有机会通过尊重地倾听疼痛如何改变他们的日常生活，并协助他们采取可行的自我管理策略，来改善对患有慢性疼痛的低收入超重拉丁裔的护理。
