title: Rehabilitation of women from the Middle East living with chronic pain--perceptions from health care professionals.
abstract: Meeting patients from other countries constitutes a challenge for health care. The purpose of this study was to increase knowledge about tacit understandings of treatment in practice by determining the perceptions of chronic pain and rehabilitation directed to resettled women from the Middle East, from a variety of health care professionals within primary care. Based on the results, we find a need to support and increase knowledge among health care professionals to involve the patient and consider her beliefs, expectations, background, current life situation, and spirituality, and to involve family in rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; and Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden.
authors.forename: Viktoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zander
authors.affiliation: b Department of Nursing and Care, The Swedish Red Cross University College , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.affiliation: c Department of Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Kyllike
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christensson
authors.affiliation: d School of Health, Care, and Social Welfare , Eskilstuna , Västerås , Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müllersdorf
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003697:Delphi Technique; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008877:Middle East; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010465:Perception; D020377:Self Efficacy; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden