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| Title |
Help-seeking behaviour among people living with chronic hip or knee pain in the community
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-10-153 |
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| Authors |
Carina A Thorstensson, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Joy Adamson, Susan Williams, Paul Dieppe |
| Abstract |
A large proportion of people living with hip or knee pain do not consult health care professionals. Pain severity is often believed to be the main reason for help seeking in this population; however the evidence for this is contradictory. This study explores the importance of several potential risk factors on help seeking across different practitioner groups, among adults living with chronic hip or knee pain in a large community sample. Health care utilization, defined as having seen a family doctor (GP) during the past 12 months; or an allied health professional (AHP) or alternative therapist during the past 3 months, was assessed in a community based sample aged 35 or over and reporting pain in hip or knee. Adjusted odds ratios were determined for social deprivation, rurality, pain severity, mobility, anxiety/depression, co-morbidities, and body mass index. Of 1119 persons reporting hip or knee pain, 52% had pain in both sites. Twenty-five percent of them had seen a doctor only, 3% an AHP only, and 4% an alternative therapist only. Thirteen percent had seen more than one category of health care professionals, and 55% had not seen any health care professional. In the multivariate model, factors associated with consulting a GP were mobility problems (OR 2.62 (1.64-4.17)), urban living (OR 2.40 (1.14-5.04) and pain severity (1.28 (1.13-1.44)). There was also some evidence that obesity was associated with increased consultation (OR 1.72 (1.00-2.93)). Factors were similar for consultation with a combination of several health care professionals. In contrast, seeing an alternative therapist was negatively associated with pain severity, anxiety and mobility problems (adjusting for age and sex). Disability appears to be a more important determinant of help-seeking than pain severity or anxiety and depression, for adults with chronic pain in hip or knee. The determinants of seeking help from alternative practitioners are different from determinants of consulting GPs, AHPs or a combination of different health care providers. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 15% |
| Researcher | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 13% |
| Psychology | 16 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 36 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2016.
All research outputs
#13,757,736
of 22,834,308 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,988
of 4,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#132,299
of 165,537 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#10
of 17 outputs
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