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Discomfort, pain and stiffness: what do these terms mean to patients? A cross-sectional survey with lexical and qualitative analyses

Funabashi, Martha ; Wang, Simon ; Lee, Alexander D ; C K Duarte, Felipe ; Budgell, Brian ; Stilwell, Peter ; Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah

BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2022-03, Vol.23 (1), p.283-283, Article 283 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: BioMed Central Ltd

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    Discomfort, pain and stiffness: what do these terms mean to patients? A cross-sectional survey with lexical and qualitative analyses
  • Autor: Funabashi, Martha ; Wang, Simon ; Lee, Alexander D ; C K Duarte, Felipe ; Budgell, Brian ; Stilwell, Peter ; Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah
  • Assuntos: Adult ; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes ; Care and treatment ; Chiropractic ; Chiropractic medicine ; Clinical outcomes ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Diagnosis ; Discomfort ; Female ; Humans ; Keywords ; Male ; Medical personnel ; Methods ; Middle Aged ; Musculoskeletal diseases ; Pain ; Pain - diagnosis ; Pain - etiology ; Pain Measurement ; Patient perspective ; Patients ; Perceptions ; Practice ; Qualitative research ; Questionnaires ; Risk factors ; Social research ; Stiffness ; Young Adult
  • É parte de: BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2022-03, Vol.23 (1), p.283-283, Article 283
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  • Descrição: While pain is often the focus of clinical interventions, other clinical outcomes (e.g., discomfort, stiffness) might also contribute to patients' functionality and well-being. Although researchers and clinicians may view discomfort, pain and stiffness as different constructs, it remains unclear how patients perceive and differentiate between these constructs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore patients' perceptions of pain, discomfort, and stiffness. Chiropractic patients were invited to complete an online cross-sectional survey and describe what 'discomfort', 'pain' and 'stiffness' meant to them using their own words. Lexical and inductive qualitative content analyses were conducted independently and then triangulated. Fifty-three chiropractic patients (47.2% female, mean age: 39.1 ± 15.1 years) responded. The most common combinations of words to describe discomfort were "can be ignored" and "less severe than". "Cannot be ignored" and "sharp shooting" were used to describe pain. "Limited range of motion" was used to describe stiffness. Qualitatively, five themes were developed: impact, character, feeling, intensity and temporality. Stiffness was described as limited movement/mobility. Although discomfort and stiffness impacted patients' activities, patients remained functional; pain was described as stopping/limiting activities. Discomfort was described as dull and tingling, pain as sharp and shooting, and stiffness as tight and restricted. Patients felt displeased and annoyed when experiencing discomfort and stiffness but hurt and in danger of harm when experiencing pain. Discomfort and stiffness were described as less intense than pain, with shorter/intermittent duration; however, all constructs could be experienced constantly. Patients perceived discomfort, pain and stiffness as different, yet overlapping constructs. This preliminary work advances our knowledge of how patients conceptualize these constructs, contributing to better understanding of what patients mean when reporting these experiences, potentially improving the clinician-patient communication.
  • Editor: England: BioMed Central Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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