Journal article
"Puttin' on": Expectations Versus Family Responses, the Lived Experience of Older African Americans With Chronic Pain
Journal of family nursing, Vol.25(4), pp.533-556
11/01/2019
DOI: 10.1177/1074840719884560
PMID: 31718470
Abstract
The lack of family research documenting the changes that occur and the capacity of families to support individuals with chronic pain effectively is a major limitation in the application of the biopsychosocial model of pain. This study investigated the lived experience of older African Americans (N = 18) with chronic pain and explored their expectations and perceptions of familial support. A descriptive phenomenology framework revealed an existential theme: "puttin' on," a phenomenon that potentiates the power of pain to disrupt roles and relationships and discourages the family from meeting the expected needs of older African Americans. We uncovered new information into the actual support mechanisms that are missing or, when present, are not as positive and strong as would be expected in the African American culture, at least in the context of chronic pain management. Interventions should target family-based education, chronic pain destigmatization, and intergenerational empathy in the African American community.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "Puttin' on": Expectations Versus Family Responses, the Lived Experience of Older African Americans With Chronic Pain
- Creators
- Staja Q. Booker - University of FloridaLakeshia Cousin - University of South FloridaHarleah G. Buck - University of South Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of family nursing, Vol.25(4), pp.533-556
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1074840719884560
- PMID
- 31718470
- ISSN
- 1074-8407
- eISSN
- 1552-549X
- Number of pages
- 24
- Grant note
- T32NR011147; T32AG049673 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA T32NR011147 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) T32AG049673 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370751302771
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