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Chronic pain management — a qualitative study of elderly people's preferred coping strategies and barriers to management
Author(s)	Gwenda Lansbury
Journal title	Disability and Rehabilitation, vol 22, no 1/2, 2000
Pages	pp 2-14
Keywords	Pain ; Adjustment ; Therapeutics ; Qualitative Studies ; Australia.
Annotation	An Australian study of 72 over 65s with chronic pain living in the community found that preferred coping strategies were those that could be self-administered and included both cognitive and physical elements. Older people wished to be active in their treatment, make informed choices, and were willing to try new methods. Least-preferred strategies were the conventional treatments of medications, exercise and physiotherapy. Many barriers have to be overcome to achieve relief from pain, such as cost, access to health care, related disorders, attitudes of health professionals, lack of communication, and fear of losing independence. Health professionals need to be aware of all these factors and the reasons for older people's health care choices. (OFFPRINT.) (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020522211 A
Classmark	CT7: DR: LL: 3DP: 7YA *
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