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“Working Together”: Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals in Providing Virtual Care to Youth with Chronic Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Background: The onset of the coronavirus disease in 2019 necessitated a rapid transition to virtual care for chronic pain treatment. Methods: A mixed methods design was implemented using qualitative interviews and quantitative satisfaction surveys. Interviews were conducted in February 2021 with a s...

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Autores principales: Ruskin, Danielle, Borsatto, Julia, Szczech, Klaudia, Tremblay, Monique, D’Alessandro, Lisa N., Mesaroli, Giulia, Sun, Naiyi, Munns, Catherine, Stinson, Jennifer
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10048812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981665
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064757
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author Ruskin, Danielle
Borsatto, Julia
Szczech, Klaudia
Tremblay, Monique
D’Alessandro, Lisa N.
Mesaroli, Giulia
Sun, Naiyi
Munns, Catherine
Stinson, Jennifer
author_facet Ruskin, Danielle
Borsatto, Julia
Szczech, Klaudia
Tremblay, Monique
D’Alessandro, Lisa N.
Mesaroli, Giulia
Sun, Naiyi
Munns, Catherine
Stinson, Jennifer
author_sort Ruskin, Danielle
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description Background: The onset of the coronavirus disease in 2019 necessitated a rapid transition to virtual care for chronic pain treatment. Methods: A mixed methods design was implemented using qualitative interviews and quantitative satisfaction surveys. Interviews were conducted in February 2021 with a sample of healthcare professionals (HCPs; n = 6) who had provided multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) through an outpatient hospital pediatric chronic pain program. Satisfaction surveys were distributed to all MDT professionals employed by the clinic in April 2021 (n = 13 of 20 eligible; 65% response rate). Participants represented medicine, rehabilitation, and mental health professionals. Results: Analysis of interviews generated five themes: (1) adaptation to virtual care, (2) benefits of virtual care, (3) limitations of virtual care, (4) shifting stance on virtual care over time, and (5) considerations for implementing virtual care. The satisfaction survey data revealed that respondents were able to effectively provide appropriate diagnoses, recommendations, and/or care plans for pediatric chronic pain via virtual care (n = 12, 92.3%). Detailed survey responses are presented by discipline. Conclusions: This study provides a rich exploration of HCPs’ experiences in providing MDT for pediatric chronic pain within a virtual care model. The current results may contribute to the future development of guidelines for virtual care delivery with pediatric chronic pain populations.
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spelling pubmed-100488122023-03-29 “Working Together”: Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals in Providing Virtual Care to Youth with Chronic Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic Ruskin, Danielle Borsatto, Julia Szczech, Klaudia Tremblay, Monique D’Alessandro, Lisa N. Mesaroli, Giulia Sun, Naiyi Munns, Catherine Stinson, Jennifer Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The onset of the coronavirus disease in 2019 necessitated a rapid transition to virtual care for chronic pain treatment. Methods: A mixed methods design was implemented using qualitative interviews and quantitative satisfaction surveys. Interviews were conducted in February 2021 with a sample of healthcare professionals (HCPs; n = 6) who had provided multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) through an outpatient hospital pediatric chronic pain program. Satisfaction surveys were distributed to all MDT professionals employed by the clinic in April 2021 (n = 13 of 20 eligible; 65% response rate). Participants represented medicine, rehabilitation, and mental health professionals. Results: Analysis of interviews generated five themes: (1) adaptation to virtual care, (2) benefits of virtual care, (3) limitations of virtual care, (4) shifting stance on virtual care over time, and (5) considerations for implementing virtual care. The satisfaction survey data revealed that respondents were able to effectively provide appropriate diagnoses, recommendations, and/or care plans for pediatric chronic pain via virtual care (n = 12, 92.3%). Detailed survey responses are presented by discipline. Conclusions: This study provides a rich exploration of HCPs’ experiences in providing MDT for pediatric chronic pain within a virtual care model. The current results may contribute to the future development of guidelines for virtual care delivery with pediatric chronic pain populations. MDPI 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10048812/ /pubmed/36981665 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064757 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Munns, Catherine
Stinson, Jennifer
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981665
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064757
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