Friendship in Later Life: How Friends Are Significant Resources in Older Persons' Communication about Chronic Pain.
chronic pain
communication
emotional support
friendship
older persons
social network
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 05 2022
03 05 2022
Historique:
received:
28
02
2022
revised:
22
04
2022
accepted:
30
04
2022
entrez:
14
5
2022
pubmed:
15
5
2022
medline:
20
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This article focuses on how older persons perceive their friends' role in their daily experience of chronic pain. It reports part of the results of a study in which we interviewed 49 participants, aged 75 and older, about the way they communicate about chronic pain within their social network. Using discourse and content analysis, we first examine older persons' definition of friendship, and then identify the various dimensions of friendship that are engaged in the communication about chronic pain. Participants define close friends as people with whom they share intimacy and social proximity (same gender, age and experience of pain). These dimensions allow older persons to talk freely about their pain without the fear of being judged or rejected, particularly when it is related to a dynamic of reciprocity. This article shows that the contribution of friends to the everyday life of older persons with chronic pain is mainly that of providing emotional support.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
This article focuses on how older persons perceive their friends' role in their daily experience of chronic pain. It reports part of the results of a study in which we interviewed 49 participants, aged 75 and older, about the way they communicate about chronic pain within their social network.
METHODOLOGY
Using discourse and content analysis, we first examine older persons' definition of friendship, and then identify the various dimensions of friendship that are engaged in the communication about chronic pain.
RESULTS
Participants define close friends as people with whom they share intimacy and social proximity (same gender, age and experience of pain). These dimensions allow older persons to talk freely about their pain without the fear of being judged or rejected, particularly when it is related to a dynamic of reciprocity.
CONCLUSIONS
This article shows that the contribution of friends to the everyday life of older persons with chronic pain is mainly that of providing emotional support.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35564945
pii: ijerph19095551
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095551
pmc: PMC9103645
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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