title: Chronic pain management strategies used by low-income overweight Latinos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study is to examine the strategies used to manage chronic pain from the perspective of the individual in group interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen low-income overweight Latino adults participated in two group interviews facilitated by a trained moderator who inquired about the type of chronic pain suffered by participants, followed by more specific questions about pain management. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim (Spanish), back-translated into English, and analyzed using thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants' pain varied in type, location, and intensity. Participants discussed pain-related changes in activities and social life, and difficulties with health care providers, and as a result, we discovered five major themes: pain-related life alterations, enduring the pain, trying different strategies, emotional suffering, and encounters with health care system/providers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings indicated that there are opportunities for providers to improve care for low-income overweight Latinos with chronic pain by listening respectfully to how pain alters their daily lives and assisting them in feasible self-management strategies.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA. drutledge@fullerton.edu
authors.forename: Dana N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Rutledge
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cantero
authors.forename: Jeanette E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications; D059408:Pain Management; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011203:Poverty; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D058992:Social Participation
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: Chronic pain; Hispanic/Latino; low income; pain management; patients’ perspectives