The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature
<p><strong>Objective</strong> To systematically review the qualitative literature of the lived experience of people with a chronic headache disorder.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong> Chronic headaches affect 3%–4% of the population. The most common chroni...
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| author | Nichols, VP Ellard, DR Griffiths, FE Kamal, A Underwood, M Taylor, SJC |
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| description | <p><strong>Objective</strong> To systematically review the qualitative literature of the lived experience of people with a chronic headache disorder.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong> Chronic headaches affect 3%–4% of the population. The most common chronic headache disorders are chronic migraine, chronic tension-type headache and medication overuse headache. We present a systematic review and meta-ethnographic synthesis of the lived experience of people with chronic headache.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> We searched seven electronic databases, hand-searched nine journals and used a modified Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist to appraise study quality. Following thematic analysis we synthesised the data using a meta-ethnographic approach.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> We identified 3586 unique citations; full texts were examined for 86 studies and 4 were included in the review. Included studies differed in their foci: exploring, patient-centred outcomes, chronic headache as a socially invisible disease, psychological processes mediating impaired quality of life, and the process of medication overuse. Initial thematic analysis and subsequent synthesis gave three overarching themes: ‘headache as a driver of behaviour’ (directly and indirectly), ‘the spectre of headache’ and ‘strained relationships’.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong> This meta-synthesis of published qualitative evidence demonstrates that chronic headaches have a profound effect on people’s lives, showing similarities with other pain conditions. There were insufficient data to explore the similarities and differences between different chronic headache disorders.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e042336c-93be-45d1-b1e1-febc1fba38802022-03-27T09:45:52ZThe lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literatureJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e042336c-93be-45d1-b1e1-febc1fba3880EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ2017Nichols, VPEllard, DRGriffiths, FEKamal, AUnderwood, MTaylor, SJCTaylor, SJC <p><strong>Objective</strong> To systematically review the qualitative literature of the lived experience of people with a chronic headache disorder.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong> Chronic headaches affect 3%–4% of the population. The most common chronic headache disorders are chronic migraine, chronic tension-type headache and medication overuse headache. We present a systematic review and meta-ethnographic synthesis of the lived experience of people with chronic headache.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> We searched seven electronic databases, hand-searched nine journals and used a modified Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist to appraise study quality. Following thematic analysis we synthesised the data using a meta-ethnographic approach.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> We identified 3586 unique citations; full texts were examined for 86 studies and 4 were included in the review. Included studies differed in their foci: exploring, patient-centred outcomes, chronic headache as a socially invisible disease, psychological processes mediating impaired quality of life, and the process of medication overuse. Initial thematic analysis and subsequent synthesis gave three overarching themes: ‘headache as a driver of behaviour’ (directly and indirectly), ‘the spectre of headache’ and ‘strained relationships’.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong> This meta-synthesis of published qualitative evidence demonstrates that chronic headaches have a profound effect on people’s lives, showing similarities with other pain conditions. There were insufficient data to explore the similarities and differences between different chronic headache disorders.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Nichols, VP Ellard, DR Griffiths, FE Kamal, A Underwood, M Taylor, SJC The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title | The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title_full | The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title_fullStr | The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title_short | The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
| title_sort | lived experience of chronic headache a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature |
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