What influences patients with Osteoarthritis to consult their GP about their symptoms? A narrative review

Paskins, Zoe; Sanders, Tom; Hassell, Andrew B

doi:10.1186/1471-2296-14-195

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Summary of papers identified exploring influences on consulting behaviours in OA

From: What influences patients with Osteoarthritis to consult their GP about their symptoms? A narrative review

First author, year	Population studied Age (OA or joint pain (JP)) Country of origin	Methodology			Influences evaluated
First author, year		Quantitative	Qualitative	Mixed	Predisposing	Need	Enabling
Arthritis Care (2012) [[23]]	OA, UK	•			Age	Pain	Health beliefs^*
Bedson (2007) [[2]]	≥ 50, JP (knee),	•			Gender	Pain
	UK				Occupational class	Disability
					Educational attainment	Comorbidities
					Marital status
					Social network
					Depression
Coxon (2012) [[20]]	≥ 50, JP (hand, knee or hip)	•			Health beliefs	Pain
	UK					Disruption of daily activities
						Comorbidities
Cronan (1995) [[11]]	≥ 60, OA (defined by symptoms)	•			Depression	Health status (as measured by arthritis impact)	Previous healthcare use
	USA				Self-efficacy		Social support
					Age
					Gender
Dieppe (1999) [[13]]	Literature review and consensus techniques with health professionals			•	Health beliefs	Functional status	Previous experience of healthcare
							Family beliefs and expectations
Grime (2010) [[24]]	≥ 50, OA or JP (self-report), UK		•		Age	Onset and severity of pain
Hill (2007) [[4]]	≥ 50, OA hand (self-report), UK	•			Health beliefs
Hoogeboom (2012) [[12]]	OA, Netherlands	•			Age	Pain	Previous healthcare use
					Gender
					Ethnicity
Jinks (2007) [[18]]	≥ 50, JP (knee), UK			•	Health beliefs	Severity of pain
Jordan (2006) [[10]]	≥ 50, JP (knee), UK	•			Age	Widespread pain	Practice registered with education
					Gender	Frequent consulter	Cohabiting
					Anxiety	Pain duration	Previous use of GP
					Depression	Bilateral symptoms
						Previous injury
Linsell (2005) [[6]]	≥ 65, JP (hip and knee), UK	•				Joint affected
McHugh (2007) [[22]]	OA patients awaiting joint replacement, UK		•			Pains severity
						Visits to GP with other problems
Mitchell (2006) [[16]]	≥ 50, JP (knee), UK	•			Age	Severity of pain	Urban GP practice
					Gender
					Health beliefs
Rao (1997) [[15]]	≥ 18, self-reported arthritis	•			Age	Activity and work limitation
	USA				Gender	Area of residence
					Ethnicity	Doctor visits for other Health problems	Income
					Overweight		Health insurance
Rosemann (2007) [[21]]	OA, Germany	•			Age	Comorbidities	Previous healthcare use
					Gender	Number of prescriptions	Marital status
					Obesity	Pain severity
						Physical limitation
Sanders (2004) [[19]]	≥ 51, OA (self report) UK		•		Age		Previous use of healthcare
					Health beliefs
Schellevis (1994) [[27]]	age not stated, OA, Netherlands	•				Comorbidities
Thorstensson (2009) [[17]]	≥ 35, JP (hip or knee), UK	•			Obesity	Comorbidity	Living in urban area
					Age	Which joint affected	Living in deprived area
					Gender	Mobility problem
					Depression	Pain severity
Watts (2011c) [[25]]	JP, UK		•		Age	Site of pain

^*Classifed by Bedson et al. as enabling.

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