TY - JOUR
T1 - Between three chairs
T2 - Experiences of being a patient with chronic widespread pain in an intersectoral setting in Denmark
AU - Schultz, Rikke
AU - Kousgaard, Marius Brostrøm
AU - la Cour, Peter
AU - Davidsen, Annette Sofie
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study explores how patients with chronic widespread pain experience their contacts with health and social services in Denmark, including general practice, hospitals, and municipality job centers. We analyzed interviews with 10 patients using interpretative phenomenological analysis and found the following four superordinate themes: meeting different attitudes, fragmentation of treatment, the importance of time, and feeling trapped. Findings show that when patients do not feel understood by professionals, they can resort to withdrawal strategies. On an organizational level, patients said that they needed sufficient time in meetings and better coordination of interventions in and between the health and social care sectors.
AB - This study explores how patients with chronic widespread pain experience their contacts with health and social services in Denmark, including general practice, hospitals, and municipality job centers. We analyzed interviews with 10 patients using interpretative phenomenological analysis and found the following four superordinate themes: meeting different attitudes, fragmentation of treatment, the importance of time, and feeling trapped. Findings show that when patients do not feel understood by professionals, they can resort to withdrawal strategies. On an organizational level, patients said that they needed sufficient time in meetings and better coordination of interventions in and between the health and social care sectors.
U2 - 10.1177/2055102919852500
DO - 10.1177/2055102919852500
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31210956
VL - 6
JO - Health Psychology Open
JF - Health Psychology Open
SN - 2055-1029
IS - 1
M1 - 2055102919852500
ER -