Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Oct 24, 2021
Date Accepted: Jan 23, 2022
Patients' experiences of using an eHealth pain management intervention combined with psychomotor physiotherapy – A qualitative study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Chronic pain represents a major health challenge to those affected. Blended care with psychomotor physiotherapy (PMP) combined with eHealth self-management might be beneficial.
Objective:
This study explored how patients with chronic pain experienced the combination of PMP and the use of EPIO, an eHealth self-management intervention for chronic pain.
Methods:
Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with five adult patients with chronic pain (i.e., participants) who used EPIO in combination with PMP over a period of 10-15 weeks. Interviews explored participants’ experiences using this treatment combination in relation to their pain, and were analyzed using systematic text condensation.
Results:
Participants described having profited from EPIO in combination with PMP in terms of increased awareness of bodily signals and of how pain related to stress and activity. They also described changes in the relationship to themselves in terms of increased self-acceptance, self-assertion and hope, and the relationship to their pain in terms of seeing pain as less harmful and engaging in more active coping strategies.
Conclusions:
Results indicate that a blended care approach combining eHealth self-management interventions such as EPIO with PMP may be of value to patients living with chronic pain. Clinical Trial: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03705104; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03705104.
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