Chronic pain through COVID

Abstract

Objectives
To identify good practice in the community management of chronic pain, and to understand the perspective of a group of healthcare service users towards the management of chronic pain using technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
Forty-five people participated in three focus groups hosted over Zoom. Focus groups were conducted using semi-structured questions to guide the conversation. Data were analysed using Ritchie & Spencer’s Framework Analysis.
Results
The participants shared observations of their experiences of remotely supported chronic pain services and insights into the potential for future chronic pain care provision. Experiences were in the majority positive with some describing their rapid engagement with technology during the COVID pandemic.
Conclusion
Results suggest there is strong potential for telehealth to complement and support existing provision of pain management services.

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© 2022 Dunham, Bacon, Cottom, McCrone, Mehrpouya, Spyridonis, Thompson and Schofield. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.937652

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https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/publications/3206475c-2313-4f88-b483-38c94a50c6f0