Table 4 Explanation of the factors within the theme “psychological factors”
Factors | Definition | Quote |
|---|---|---|
Psychological complaints | Different psychological complaints patients suffered from, including feelings of depression, anxiety or trauma related mental health problems. | “...if there really is underlying, real psychological suffering, so, if there is also depression and anxiety, especially much more in the foreground.” (GP1). |
Level of pain acceptation | The level of acceptation of the patient, including the level of acceptation that pain was chronic and the level of acceptation that there was no physical cause to explain the pain. | “With patients who are open for and realise their pain is chronic and there is not a physical cause and they have to live with it, you can often go to primary care.” (GP2). |
Level of treatment acceptation | The acceptation of the treatment offered by the GP. The patient should be open for trying out the treatment and treating the psychological complaints instead of the physical complaints. | “There is no point in referring people to the SOLK-clinic if they do not support it. That is pointless, completely pointless.” (GP5). |