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Table 6 Anchor Example – Evaluating when to discuss spiritual issues

From: Comparing perspectives: patients’ and health care professionals’ views on spiritual concerns and needs in chronic pain care - a qualitative study

 

Anchor example

CPP

As such on the one hand - if now the patient knows that he can address that himself. And that might be written somewhere. Mm - (thinks) so yes I wouldn’t exactly address that at the first visit. If if... if, for example, you were to think about it now, the physiotherapist would treat the subject now, that he would get to know you... first of all this way and then you slowly get to know it a little bit. I could now imagine that the physiotherapist himself would notice a little bit: ah yes, now I could also slowly address the subject. Simply out of the feeling, where then in the course of time arises, with the patient together. (5.1.1_CPP | 00:33:26)

HCP

There are patients, I would certainly not do this the first time or maybe not at all. Because I realise I’m not the one who has to open this spiritual window with him. But when I realise that I can build up a certain connection to the patient, then I address that immediately. Yeah, because I think the sooner the better. (5.2_HCP | 00:31:21)