“What will the doctor give me, the same painkiller?”: a qualitative study exploring health-care seeking and symptoms self-management among patients for the treatment of long-term chikungunya disease, in Curaçao

“What will the doctor give me, the same painkiller?”: a qualitative study exploring health-care seeking and symptoms self-management among patients for the treatment of long-term chikungunya disease, in Curaçao

Abstract Background Long-term chikungunya disease, characterized by persistent disabling rheumatic symptoms, including poly-arthralgia/arthritis of severe pain intensity, can persist for years after infection with the re-emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Although persistent symptoms and pai...

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Main Authors: Churnalisa Doran, Ashley Duits, Izzy Gerstenbluth, Adriana Tami, Ajay Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Chikungunya
Chronic
Long-term
Health-care seeking
Rheumatic symptoms
Self-management
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10254-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10254-8

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