Adults’ Self-Management of Chronic Cancer and Noncancer Pain in People with and Without Cognitive Impairment: A Concept Analysis

Abstract

Aim: To report a concept analysis of adult self-management of chronic pain. Background: Self-management of chronic pain has received increasing attention in the clinical research literature. Although with only limited conceptual work. Despite the pervasiveness of pain in adults, there has been a lack of conceptual work to elucidate meaning of adult's self-management of chronic pain. Design: Concept Analysis. Method: Rodgers (2000) evolutionary approach of concept analysis was used to systematically analyze 44 articles from different databases. Only 12 articles used the concept of chronic pain self-management. Data were extracted using standardized forms and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: This concept analysis identified six attributes of adult self-management of chronic pain: (1) multimodal interventions; (2) patient-provider relationship; (3) goal setting; (4) decision making; (5) resource utilization; and (6) chronic pain problem solving.