Development of an Interview Guide Identifying the Rehabilitation Needs of Women from the Middle East Living with Chronic Pain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Item Generation
3.2. Cognitive Interviews
3.3. Pilot Study
3.4. Construction of the Interview Guide
Number | Item | Comments | References |
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1. | Does the patient need an interpreter? | [10,11,29,30,31,32,33,34] | |
2. | What are the patient’s reasons for seeking healthcare? | The patient’s narrative. Listen for 3 minutes for beliefs, concerns, and expectations. | [10,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46] |
3. | The patient’s background? | Country of origin, family, previous occupation, reasons for migration, experienced trauma. | [10,11,17,18,28,39,47] |
4. | What medical assessments has the patient gone through in Sweden or another country? | The patient’s narrative. Compare with beliefs, concerns, and expectations. | [10,17,18,29,30,33,37,45] |
5. | What diagnoses has she received? | ||
6. | What treatments has she undergone? | ||
7. | What is the patient’s life situation in Sweden? | Living conditions, occupation, finances, social networks, satisfaction with her life. | [2,10,14,18,28,35,37,44,48,49,50,51] |
8. | Is there anything or anyone in the patient’s surroundings that impacts her wellbeing? | [10,14,28,35,37,52,53] | |
9. | Does the patient experience: Sleeping difficulties? Nightmares? Persistent headaches? Easily getting angry? Thoughts about painful past events? Feelings of fear? Memory difficulties? Trouble concentrating? | Yes or no. Positive answers indicate risk for patient being traumatized. | [11,14,17,27,33,44,54,55,56] |
10. | What plans does the patient have for her future? | [10,28] | |
11. | What does she need to do in order to fulfill her plans? | ||
12. | Experiences of difficulties in daily life? | Activities in everyday life, at work, leisure activities. | [10,17,26,39,56] |
13. | How does the patient manage everyday life? | Active, passive, spiritual, and emotional strategies. | [10,17,18,35,39,53] |
14. | Prioritized activities: 1. 2. 3. | Let the patient select three activities in her everyday life that she perceives as difficult to perform and that are important to her. | [26] |
15. | Performance of prioritized activities? | Estimate performance: Not able to perform Can partially perform Is able to perform | |
16. | How satisfied is the patient with her performance? | Estimate satisfaction with performance: Not satisfied at all Somewhat satisfied Fully satisfied |
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Future Implications
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Zander, V.; Eriksson, H.; Christensson, K.; Müllersdorf, M. Development of an Interview Guide Identifying the Rehabilitation Needs of Women from the Middle East Living with Chronic Pain. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 12043-12056. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121012043
Zander V, Eriksson H, Christensson K, Müllersdorf M. Development of an Interview Guide Identifying the Rehabilitation Needs of Women from the Middle East Living with Chronic Pain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015; 12(10):12043-12056. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121012043
Chicago/Turabian StyleZander, Viktoria, Henrik Eriksson, Kyllike Christensson, and Maria Müllersdorf. 2015. "Development of an Interview Guide Identifying the Rehabilitation Needs of Women from the Middle East Living with Chronic Pain" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 10: 12043-12056. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121012043