Illness representations of restricting back pain: The older person's perspective

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 938-946

  Makris, Una E ^a,b,c   Melhado, Trisha V ^b   Lee, Simon C ^b   Hamann, Heidi A ^b   Walke, Lisa M ^d   Gill, Thomas M ^d   Fraenkel, Liana ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Back Pain; Musculoskeletal Conditions; Qualitative Research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; EVALUATION STUDY; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84903310382     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12397     Document Type: Article

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