Disability and rehabilitation
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To explore and obtain increased knowledge about (i) strategies and treatments used by individuals with neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) for handling long-term pain, and (ii) their experience, needs and expectations of SCI neuropathic pain management. ⋯ Neuropathic pain, one of the major problems following SCI, is difficult to treat successfully. To improve treatment outcome, health care needs to listen to, respond to and respect the patient's knowledge, experience and wishes. Future research needs to address treatments that patients find effective.
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To use quantitative data characterizing whiplash-associated disorder (WAD)-related pain beliefs over time to develop qualitative analysis exploring experiences informing these beliefs. ⋯ Restitution was the dominant underlying pattern of belief endorsement. While this may be adaptive early after WAD, it is problematic for meaning construction later on. Based on contemporary views on pain, identification of this narrative is important as it represents an incompatibility in the conceptualization of pain between patient and provider.
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To examine the adequacy of existing service systems in addressing the needs of refugees with disabilities resettled in the U.S.A. ⋯ Disabled refugees resettled in the U.S.A. have many unmet needs associated with gaps in-service delivery stemming from disconnections between refugee and disability service systems.