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A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain
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Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Andrews, J. and Barker, Karen, MSc (2013) A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain. Perth, Scotland: NIHR Journals Library. (Health Services and Delivery Research).
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hsdr01120
Abstract
Background: The alleviation of pain is a key aim of health care yet pain can often remain a puzzle as it is not always explained by a specific pathology. Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is one of the most predominant
kinds of chronic pain and its prevalence is increasing. One of the aims of qualitative research in health care is to understand the experience of illness, and make sense of the complex processes involved. However,
the proliferation of qualitative studies can make it difficult to use this knowledge. There has been no attempt to systematically review and integrate the findings of qualitative research in order to increase our
understanding of chronic MSK pain. A synthesis of qualitative research would help us to understand what it is like to have chronic MSK pain. Specifically, it would help us understand peoples' experience of health
care with the aim of improving it.
Aim: The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant MSK pain; utilise existing research knowledge to improve understanding and, thus, best
practice in patient care; and contribute to the development of methods for qualitative research synthesis.
Methods: We used the methods of meta-ethnography, which aim to develop concepts that help us to understand a particular experience, by synthesising research findings. We searched six electronic
bibliographic databases (including MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO) and included studies up until the final search in February 2012. We also hand-searched particular journals known to report qualitative studies
and searched reference lists of all relevant qualitative studies for further potential studies. We appraised each study to decide whether or not to include it. The full texts of 321 potentially relevant studies were
screened, of which 77 qualitative studies that explored adults’ experience of chronic non-malignant MSK pain were included. Twenty-eight of these studies explored the experience of fibromyalgia.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Warwick Research in Nursing > Royal College of Nursing Research Institute (RCN) (- July 2017) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Series Name: | Health Services and Delivery Research | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health Services and Delivery Research | ||||||
| Publisher: | NIHR Journals Library | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Perth, Scotland | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2050-4349 | ||||||
| Official Date: | November 2013 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 1 | ||||||
| Number: | 12 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 208 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-190 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3310/hsdr01120 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
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