Patients' experiences of consultations for nonspecific chronic orofacial pain: A phenomenological study

Journal of Orofacial Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Wolf, Eva ^a   Birgerstam, Pirjo ^b   Nilner, Maria ^a   Petersson, Kerstin ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Communication; Consultation; Orofacial pain; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33747627631     PISSN: 10646655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Foreman PA, Harold PL, Hay KD. An evaluation of the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with chronic orofacial pain. N Z Dent J 1994;90:44-48.
2. Israel HA, Ward JD, Horrell B, Scrivani SJ. Oral and maxillofacial surgery in patients with chronic orofacial pain. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003;61:662-667.
3. Feinmann C. The long-term outcome of facial pain treatment. J Psychosom Res 1993;37:381-387.
4. Johansson EE, Hamberg K, Lindgren G, Westman G. "I've been crying my way" - Qualitative analysis of a group of female patients' consultation experiences. Fam Pract 1996;13:498-503.
5. MacFarlane GJ, Thomas E, Papageorgiou AC, Schollum J, Croft PR, Silman AJ. The natural history of chronic pain in the community: A better prognosis than in the clinic? J Rheumatol 1996;23:1617-1620.
6. Ohrbach R, Dworkin SF. Five-year outcomes in TMD: Relationship of changes in pain to changes in physical and psychological variables. Pain 1998;74:315-326.
7. Wolf E, Nilner M, Petersson A, Petersson K. Long-term follow-up by means of a questionnaire of 109 patients with long-lasting orofacial pain. Swed Dent J 2002;26:125-134.
8. Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Allen RR, et al. Core outcome domains for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 2003;106:337-345.
9. Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Farrar JT, et al. Core outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 2005;113:9-19.
10. Werner A, Malterud K. It is hard work behaving as a credible patient: Encounters between women with chronic pain and their doctors. Soc Sci Med 2003;57:1409-1419.
11. May CR, Rose MJ, Johnstone FC. Dealing with doubt. How patients account for non-specific chronic low back pain. J Psychosom Res 2000;49:223-225.
12. Thomas SP. A phenomenological study of chronic pain. West J Nurs Res 2000;22:683-699.
13. Kelley P, Clifford P. Coping with chronic pain: Assessing narrative approaches. Soc Work 1997;42:266-277.
14. Riley JL III, Myers CD, Robinson ME, Bulcourf B, Gremillion HA. Factors predicting orofacial pain patient satisfaction with improvement. J Orofac Pain 2001;15:29-35.
15. Britten N, Jones R, Murphy E, Stacy R. Qualitative research methods in general practice and primary care. Fam Pract 1995;12:104-114.
16. Husserl E. Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology. London: Allen & Unwin, 1931.
17. Husserl E. Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy, Second Book: Studies in the Phenomenology of Constitution. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1989.
18. Boyd CO. Phenomenology: The method. In: Munhall PL, Boyd CO (eds). Nursing Research: A Qualitative Perspective. New York: National League for Nursing Press, 1993:99-132.
19. Merleau-Ponty M. Phenomenology of Perception. London: Routledge, 1962.
20. Giorgi A. Sketch of a psychological phenomenological method. In: Giorgi A (ed). Phenomenology and Psychological Research. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1985:8-22.
21. Dworkin SF, LeResche L. Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders: Review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique. J Craniomand Disord 1992;6:301-355.
22. Moustakas C. Phenomenological Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1994.
23. Kvale S. Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996.
24. Sharpe M, Mayou R, Seagroatt V, et al. Why do doctors find some patients difficult to help? Q J Med 1994;87:187-193.
25. Eccleston C, Williams AC, Rogers WS. Patients' and professionals' understandings of the causes of chronic pain: Blame, responsibility and identity protection. Soc Sci Med 1997;45:699-709.
26. McHugh G, Thoms G. Living with chronic pain: The patient's perspective. Nurs Stand 2001;15:33-37.
27. Gullacksen AC, Lidbeck J. The life adjustment process in chronic pain: Psychosocial assessment and clinical implications. Pain Res Manag 2004;9:145-153.
28. Gamsa A. The role of psychological factors in chronic pain. I. A half century of study. Pain 1994;57:5-15.
29. Malterud K. Understanding women in pain. New pathways suggested by Umea researchers: Qualitative research and feminist perspectives. Scand J Prim Health Care 1998;16:195-198.