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Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards a Standardized Content Description of Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Patients with Chronic Pain—A Qualitative Study

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  • Douglas Anderson Åhlfeldt

    (Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

  • Linda Vixner

    (School of Health and Welfare, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden)

  • Britt-Marie Stålnacke

    (Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden)

  • Katja Boersma

    (The Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden)

  • Monika Löfgren

    (Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyd University Hospital, SE-182 88 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Marcelo Rivano Fischer

    (Department of Health Sciences, Research Group Rehabilitation Medicine, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Department of Neurosurgery and Pain Rehabilitation, Skåne University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden)

  • Paul Enthoven

    (Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

Abstract

Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation (IPR) is a recommended treatment for people with chronic pain. An inadequate description of the content of IPR programs makes it difficult to draw conclusions regarding their effects. The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions and attitudes of healthcare professionals toward a content description of IPR programs for patients with chronic pain. Individual interviews with healthcare professionals ( n = 11) working in IPR teams in Sweden were conducted between February and May 2019. Analysis of the interviews resulted in a theme: interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation is a complex intervention, with three categories: limitations in the description of IPR programs; lack of knowledge about IPR and chronic pain; and facilitating and hindering factors for using the content description of IPR programs. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals perceived that IPR programs could be described through a general content description. A general content description could enhance the quality of IPR programs through a better understanding of their content and a comparison of different IPR programs. Healthcare professionals also expressed the importance of a content description being a guide rather than a steering document.

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  • Douglas Anderson Åhlfeldt & Linda Vixner & Britt-Marie Stålnacke & Katja Boersma & Monika Löfgren & Marcelo Rivano Fischer & Paul Enthoven, 2023. "Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards a Standardized Content Description of Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Patients with Chronic Pain—A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:9:p:5661-:d:1134062
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