Liaison Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Av. De Beaumont 23, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pain Center, Service of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 3;19(9):5551. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095551.
This article focuses on how older persons perceive their friends' role in their daily experience of chronic pain. It reports part of the results of a study in which we interviewed 49 participants, aged 75 and older, about the way they communicate about chronic pain within their social network.
Using discourse and content analysis, we first examine older persons' definition of friendship, and then identify the various dimensions of friendship that are engaged in the communication about chronic pain.
Participants define close friends as people with whom they share intimacy and social proximity (same gender, age and experience of pain). These dimensions allow older persons to talk freely about their pain without the fear of being judged or rejected, particularly when it is related to a dynamic of reciprocity.
This article shows that the contribution of friends to the everyday life of older persons with chronic pain is mainly that of providing emotional support.
本文主要关注老年人如何感知朋友在其慢性疼痛日常体验中的角色。它报告了一项研究的部分结果，在该研究中，我们采访了 49 名年龄在 75 岁及以上的参与者，了解他们在社交网络中如何交流慢性疼痛。
使用话语和内容分析，我们首先检查老年人对友谊的定义，然后确定在交流慢性疼痛时涉及的友谊的各个维度。
参与者将亲密朋友定义为与他们分享亲密关系和社交亲近感（性别相同、年龄相同、疼痛经历相同）的人。这些维度允许老年人自由谈论他们的疼痛，而不必担心被评判或拒绝，尤其是当疼痛与互惠的动态有关时。
本文表明，朋友对患有慢性疼痛的老年人日常生活的贡献主要是提供情感支持。
