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Slater H, Jordan JE, O'Sullivan PB, Schütze R, Goucke R, Chua J, Browne A, Horgan B, De Morgan S, Briggs AM. "Listen to me, learn from me": a priority setting partnership for shaping interdisciplinary pain training to strengthen chronic pain care. Pain 2022; 163:e1145-e1163. [PMID: 35384928 PMCID: PMC9578532 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
ABSTRACT What are the care-seeking priorities of people living with chronic pain and carers and how can these shape interdisciplinary workforce training to improve high-value pain care? Phase 1: Australian people living with chronic pain (n = 206; 90% female) and carers (n = 10; 40% female) described their pain care priorities (eDelphi, round 1). A coding framework was inductively derived from 842 pain care priorities (9 categories, 52 priorities), including validation; communication; multidisciplinary approaches; holistic care; partnerships; practitioner knowledge; self-management; medicines; and diagnosis. Phase 2: In eDelphi round 2, panellists (n = 170; valid responses) rated the importance (1 = less important; 9 = more important) of the represented framework. In parallel, cross-discipline health professionals (n = 267; 75% female) rated the importance of these same priorities. Applying the RAND-UCLA method (panel medians: 1-3: "not important," 4-6: "equivocal," or 7-9: "important"), "important" items were retained where the panel median score was >7 with panel agreement ≥70%, with 44 items (84.6%) retained. Specific workforce training targets included the following: empathic validation; effective, respectful, safe communication; and ensuring genuine partnerships in coplanning personalised care. Panellists and health professionals agreed or strongly agreed (95.7% and 95.2%, respectively) that this framework meaningfully reflected the importance in care seeking for pain. More than 74% of health professionals were fairly or extremely confident in their ability to support care priorities for 6 of 9 categories (66.7%). Phase 3: An interdisciplinary panel (n = 5) mapped an existing foundation-level workforce training program against the framework, identifying gaps and training targets. Recommendations were determined for framework adoption to genuinely shape, from a partnership perspective, Australian interdisciplinary pain training.
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- Helen Slater
- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Traumatic Brain Injury Network, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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Doll J, Kreikemeier M, Maddigan C, Marshall N, Young M. Analyzing Unnecessary Imaging for Low Back Pain in Nebraska from a Statewide Health Information Exchange. J Med Syst 2022; 46:51. [PMID: 35678939 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-022-01838-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Excessive amounts of resources in healthcare are wasted due to duplicated or unnecessary health screenings, especially in the diagnosis of low back pain (LBP). Research shows that two-thirds of people will present with LBP at some point throughout their lifetime, but 20-50% of high-tech imaging procedures fail to provide information that improves the patient's condition, representing unnecessary services. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the existence of unnecessary imaging for low back pain throughout healthcare systems in Nebraska based on what was documented in the electronic health record. This study was a retrospective electronic health record analysis of a limited data set focused on procedures related to imaging for LBP extracted from Nebraska Health Information Exchange (HIE) managed by CyncHealth. The sample included 937 patient records with a diagnosis of LBP who received imaging in the state of Nebraska and whose health record was recorded in the Nebraska HIE. To determine necessity, records were categorized in three areas including necessary imaging, likely wasteful imaging, or wasteful imaging based on the criteria from the "First, Do No Harm" study conducted by the Washington Health Alliance. Results revealed a total of 51% of low back pain imaging considered wasteful, 35% likely wasteful, and 14% necessary. Based on these results, further research is warranted to determine specific demographics related to necessary, likely wasteful, and wasteful imaging and the purpose for performing these expensive imaging procedures.
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- Joy Doll
- CyncHealth, Dba Nebraska Health Information Initiative, PO Box 27842, Omaha, NE, 68127, USA.
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- Former Students at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA
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- Former Students at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA
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- Former Students at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA
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- Former Students at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA
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