Primary family caregivers' observations and perceptions of their older relatives' knee osteoarthritis pain and pain management: a qualitative study

Abstract

Our results show that family caregivers were the main support for older people with osteoarthritis. Interventions should educate patients and family members about osteoarthritis causes, common misconceptions about osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis pain medicines and treatment and encourage family members' support.

Lived experiences of informal caregivers of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-ethnography

“…42 Mean age of care recipients ranged from 41 years 43 to 74 years. 44 Five studies were undertaken in the UK. 43.45-48 Single studies originated from Taiwan, 44 a combined UK-Dutch cohort, 41 Australia, 49 Sweden 42 and Canada.…”

“…44 Five studies were undertaken in the UK. 43.45-48 Single studies originated from Taiwan, 44 a combined UK-Dutch cohort, 41 Australia, 49 Sweden 42 and Canada. 50 All studies collected interview data through face-to-face interviews.…”

Impact of Pain on Family Members and Caregivers of Geriatric Patients

“…Studies have yet to examine whether and how older parents’ pain affects their adult offspring, with only one attempt to include adult children to any extent [66]. This gap warrants attention given that adult children often have extensive contact with older parents [67], and are the largest group providing informal assistance to individuals ages 65 or older [68].…”

Triggers and decision‐making patterns for receiving total knee arthroplasty among older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A qualitative descriptive study

“…No data are available on the waiting time for TKA in Taiwan, but scheduling a surgical date in the authors’ hospitals commonly takes 1–3 months. Primary family caregivers of older Taiwanese adults (≥65 years old) with knee OA commonly perceived surgery, if recommended by a physician, as the best way to relieve knee OA pain (Hsu, Tsai, Lin, & Liu, ). If these older adults refuse or are undecided about surgery, scheduling can take even longer—up to a year or more.…”

“…In North America, fewer than 10% of appropriate older adult candidates for TKA wanted to undergo the procedure (Hawker et al, 2000(Hawker et al, , 2001. (Hsu, Tsai, Lin, & Liu, 2015). If these older adults refuse or are undecided about surgery, scheduling can take even longer-up to a year or more.…”