The power of the visible: the meaning of diagnostic tests in chronic back pain

Rhodes, Lorna A.; McPhillips-Tangum, Carol; Markham, Christine; Klenk, Rebecca

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“…The ranges of agreement for CASP and JBIQ rank were 52-75% and 29-82% respectively. The team members agreed that five studies were key, [28][29][30][31][32] one team member graded a further five as key, [33][34][35][36][37] and the other graded a further seven as key. [38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Full details of the appraisal scoring are also available from the authors.…”

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“…Forty-nine papers (37 studies) explored chronic MSK pain. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]39,40,43,48, Twentyeight papers (23 studies) focused primarily on fibromyalgia (FM). 28,38,41,42, Studies were included from a range of countries: Iceland (1); Northern Ireland (1); Switzerland (1); Finland (2); the Netherlands (2); New Zealand (2); Australia (3); Canada (4); Norway (8); the US (8); Sweden (19); and the UK (26).…”

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Patients’ experiences of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain: a qualitative systematic review

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Patients’ experiences of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain: a qualitative systematic review

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“…Paradoxically, although a person does not want to be ill, a medical diagnosis is necessary to validate their experience. Rhodes and colleagues 350 describe the experience of pain as either 'aligned' or 'alienated' from the medical model. Thus, although a person is certain of their experience of pain, they have no proof and the experience becomes invalid.…”

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“…However, the proliferation of studies exploring the experience of chronic non-malignant pain 97,140,206,214,250,261,296,327,342,343,348,363,379,385,427,433,[443][444][445][446][447][448][449][450][451][452][453][454][455][456][457][458][459][460] makes it difficult for clinicians and policy makes to use this knowledge to inform practice and policy, and increases the danger that these findings are 'doomed never to be visited'. 27 Research findings need to be accessible if they are to have an effect on care and policy.…”

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“…429 Patients with chronic pain also present a certain moral narrative 393 in order APPENDIX 1 to legitimize their condition, 443,449,452,459 and use social comparison to rank themselves in relation to others. 342,443,450,453,458 Qualitative studies have also shown the importance of self-identity, yet at the same time, an acceptance of changes to identity. 427,454,460 The aim of qualitative synthesis is to systematically review and integrate the findings of qualitative research in order to increase conceptual understanding.…”

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A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain

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Health Services and Delivery ResearchISSN 2050-4349 (Print) ISSN 2050-4357 (Online) This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full HS&DR archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Health Services and Delivery Research journalReports are published in Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HS&DR programme or programmes which preceded the HS&DR programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors. HS&DR programmeThe Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was established to fund a broad range of research. It combines the strengths and contributions of two previous NIHR research programmes: the Health Services Research (HSR) programme and the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) programme, which were merged in January 2012.The HS&DR programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health services including costs and outcomes, as well as research on implementation. The programme will enhance the strategic focus on research that matters to the NHS and is keen to support ambitious evaluative research to improve health services.For more information about the HS&DR programme please visit the website: www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/ This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HS&DR programme or one of its proceeding programmes as project number 09/2001/09. The contractual start date was in October 2010. The final report began editorial review in November 2012 and was accepted for publication in February 2013. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The HS&DR editors and production house have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the final report document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. Published b...

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The power of the visible: the meaning of diagnostic tests in chronic back pain

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