Self-management of chronic low back pain: Four viewpoints from patients and healthcare providers

Stenner, Paul; Cross, Vinnette; McCrum, Carol; McGowan, Janet; Defever, Emmanuel; Lloyd, Phil; Poole, Robert and Moore, Ann P. (2015). Self-management of chronic low back pain: Four viewpoints from patients and healthcare providers. Health Psychology Open, 2(2) pp. 1–11.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102915615337

Abstract

A move towards self-management is central to health strategy around chronic low back pain, but its concept and meaning for those involved are poorly understood. In the reported study, four distinct and shared viewpoints on self-management were identified among people with pain and healthcare providers using Q methodology. Each construes self-management in a distinctive manner and articulates a different vision of change. Identification of similarities and differences among the viewpoints holds potential for enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers and for better understanding the complexities of self-management in practice.

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• Item ORO ID
• 38909
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 2055-1029
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  An exploration of self-care in chronic low-back disorder from the perspectives of practitioners and patients: a Q methodological study (D-11-029-PS)	NIHR PB-PG-0909-20039	National Institute for Heath Research (NIHR)

• Keywords
• Chronic illness, communication, critical health psychology, health care, health psychology, meaning, pain, pain acceptance, pain management, qualitative methods, q methodology
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2015 The Author(s)
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• • http://hpo.sagepub.com/content/2/2/20551...(Other)
• Depositing User
• Paul Stenner