Ageism, negative attitudes, and competing co-morbidities - Why older adults may not seek care for restricting back pain: A qualitative study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Makris, Una E ^a,b,c   Higashi, Robin T ^b   Marks, Emily G ^b   Fraenkel, Liana ^c,d   Sale, Joanna E M ^e,f   Gill, Thomas M ^d   Reid, M Carrington ^g  

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

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

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Back pain; Musculoskeletal conditions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; ATTITUDE; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84926620531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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