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Patients' appraisals about a multicomponent intervention for fibromyalgia syndrome in primary care: a focus group study.
- Source :
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being; Dec 2021, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- To assess fibromyalgia patients' experiences and appraisals about a multidisciplinary intervention programme, in Catalonia's primary care, regarding its format and contents, benefits, and health impact in the short and long term. Qualitative interpretative research design through hermeneutic phenomenology perspective. Two focus groups discussions were conducted in February and July 2020. The purposive heterogeneous sample included 19 fibromyalgia patients who attended a multicomponent programme. In addition, thematic analysis on the verbatims was performed. Findings were organized into five main domains with an explanatory theme each. Overall, the informants valued the programme as a positive experience due to its holistic approach, health benefits, suffering relief, group effect, and fibromyalgia legitimacy promotion. Detected improvable aspects focused on extending the timeframe, including family members as beneficiaries, deepening the thematic contents, and getting regular access to this healthcare service. Furthermore, the intervention was considered feasible to be incorporated into usual clinical care. the programme fulfilled users' expectations about results and procedure and showed promise as a treatment strategy to reinforce the usual practice. Our findings suggest a broad perspective on fibromyalgia patients' suffering, which urges us to adjust the intervention programme to their real health needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- THERAPEUTICS
EVALUATION of medical care
HEALTH education
WELL-being
FOCUS groups
NOSOLOGY
SOCIAL support
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
RESEARCH methodology
HUMAN sexuality
INTERVIEWING
PATIENT satisfaction
FIBROMYALGIA
PRIMARY health care
PATIENTS' attitudes
PHENOMENOLOGY
QUALITATIVE research
HEALTH care teams
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
INTEGRATED health care delivery
JUDGMENT sampling
THEMATIC analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17482623
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154291352
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.2005760