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'Bearing the Pain': The Experience of Aging African Americans With Osteoarthritis Pain
- Source :
- Global Qualitative Nursing Research, Vol 7 (2020), Global Qualitative Nursing Research
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Studies document that osteoarthritis-related joint pain is more severe in African American older adults, but research on the personal experience of osteoarthritis pain self-management in this population is limited. Using a qualitative descriptive design, our objective was to extend our understanding of the experience of life with osteoarthritis pain. Eighteen African Americans (50 years and older) were recruited from Louisiana to participate in a single semi-structured, in-depth interview. A conventional content analysis revealed that “Bearing the pain” characterized how older African Americans dealt with osteoarthritis. Bearing the pain comprised three actions: adjusting to pain, sharing pain with others, and trusting God as healer. We discovered that a metapersonal experience subsumes the complex biopsychosocial-cultural patterns and the intricate interaction of self, others, and God in living with and managing osteoarthritis pain. Study findings have implications for application of more inclusive self-management frameworks and interventions.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
self-management
Population
Psychological intervention
Osteoarthritis
Single-Method Research Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Spirituality
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
General Nursing
African Americans
lcsh:RT1-120
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
education.field_of_study
Self-management
lcsh:Nursing
business.industry
Chronic pain
medicine.disease
spirituality
culture
osteoarthritis
Content analysis
Joint pain
medicine.symptom
chronic pain
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23333936
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Global Qualitative Nursing Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1520c58c22200f3dd169bda3148b380f