The Experience of Low Back Pain in Iranian Women: A Focus Group Study

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) often proves resistant to treatment because there are different biological, psychological, and social factors that can affect its treatment. In this study, we explored Iranian women's beliefs regarding the cause of their LBP. Findings are based on four focus groups...

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Published inHealth care for women international Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 339 - 348
Main Authors Tavafian, Sedigheh Sadat, Gregory, David, Montazeri, Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2008
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adult
Chronic Disease - ethnology
Chronic Disease - psychology
Cultural Characteristics
Female
Focus Groups
Health Behavior - ethnology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Iran
Low Back Pain - ethnology
Low Back Pain - etiology
Low Back Pain - psychology
Middle Aged
Nursing
Pain Measurement - psychology
Stress, Psychological - complications
Surveys and Questionnaires
Iran
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Summary:Chronic low back pain (CLBP) often proves resistant to treatment because there are different biological, psychological, and social factors that can affect its treatment. In this study, we explored Iranian women's beliefs regarding the cause of their LBP. Findings are based on four focus groups (N = 24 participants) with LBP patients. Participants articulated their causation beliefs (Explanatory Models) about low back pain through three themes: idioms of distress: stress in women's lives; lack of knowledge resulted in high-risk behaviors; and organic/biomedical. Given the difficultly regarding diagnosis and treatment of CLBP, understanding patients' health beliefs, causation beliefs, and experiences are warranted.
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ISSN:0739-9332
1096-4665
DOI:10.1080/07399330701876356