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A pain workshop: an approach to eliciting the views of young people with chronic pain
Author(s) -
CARTER BERNIE,
LAMBRENOS KARINA,
THURSFIELD JONATHAN
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00642.x
Subject(s) - chronic pain , dream , focus group , theme (computing) , psychology , coding (social sciences) , face (sociological concept) , young adult , medicine , nursing , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , psychiatry , social science , anthropology , computer science , operating system
• Chronic pain is complex and there is still much to discover about the burden that it places on children and their families. • The aim of this study was to explore the way in which the experience of chronic pain impacts on the lives of young people. • Through the use of a pain workshop that involved a series of guided activities and a focus group, young people were able to share their experiences with each other and the facilitators/researchers. • Data were analysed using a theoretical coding technique supported by Atlas.ti ® . • Five key interlinked themes emerged from the data and each theme is expressed in the words of the young people themselves: `no one's pain's the same', `getting on with it', `it's hard 'cos…', `keeping with the dream', and `it depends … some are OK'. • The young people did experience significant disruption in their lives as a result of their pain. • Pain was experienced as if it was both a separate entity as well as an intrinsic part of them and, to a degree, blighted their future. • Based on the experiences shared by the young people, professionals need to develop insight and strategies into the challenges young people with chronic pain face on a daily basis.