Using nominal group technique to assess chronic pain, patients' perceived challenges and needs in a community health region

Health Expectations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-52

  Dewar, Anne ^a,c   White, Marc ^a   Posade, Santiago T ^b   Dillon, Wilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Phys Medicine Research Foundation   (Canada)

^c Phys Medicine Research Foundation ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Needs assessment; Nominal group technique; Patient perspectives; Patient physician interactions; PRECEDE PROCEED planning model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037365266     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2003.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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