title: Self-management of chronic low back pain: Four viewpoints from patients and healthcare providers.
abstract: A move towards self-management is central to health strategy around chronic low back pain, but its concept and meaning for those involved are poorly understood. In the reported study, four distinct and shared viewpoints on self-management were identified among people with pain and healthcare providers using Q methodology. Each construes self-management in a distinctive manner and articulates a different vision of change. Identification of similarities and differences among the viewpoints holds potential for enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers and for better understanding the complexities of self-management in practice.
authors.affiliation: Open University, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stenner
authors.affiliation: University of Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Vinnette
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.affiliation: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCrum
authors.affiliation: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.affiliation: University of Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Defever
authors.affiliation: Service User Representatives, UK.
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.affiliation: Service User Representatives, UK.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.affiliation: University of Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Moore
keywords: chronic illness; communication; critical health psychology; health psychology; healthcare; meaning; pain; pain acceptance; perception; qualitative methods