Exploring Lived Experiences of Chronic Pain Through Photo-Elicitation and Social Networking.

Objective: To understand how patients' use of photo-elicitation and online social networks (Facebook) enhances their understanding of what it means to live with pain.

Design: Qualitative substudy of the intervention arm of a randomized trial.

Setting/subjects: Primary care patients living with pain drawn from nine family practices with at least two pain visits in the last six months.

A Qualitative Exploration of Resilience among Patients Living with Chronic Pain.

An estimated 100 million Americans are living with chronic pain. The majority of the chronic pain literature focuses on the biological impact of the condition and very little attention is given to patients' lived experience with chronic pain and the enactment of their resiliency. Yet, resiliency may play a critical role in patients' experience of pain intensity as well as self-efficacy to manage their pain.

PURLs: A new adjunctive Tx option for venous stasis ulcers.

Adding simvastatin to standard wound care improves ulcer healing rates and times as well as the patient's quality of life.