A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project
ABSTRACTBackground Chronic pain affects approximately one in every five Canadians and has a substantial impact on psychological well-being, relationships, ability to attend work or school, and overall functioning.The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic introduced orientation sessions, with the aim of provid...
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| author | Patricia A. Poulin Louise Bell Danielle Rice Yaadwinder Shergill Sarah Fitzgerald Rosemee Cantave Renée Gauthier Rose Robbins Cristin Kargus Susan Ward |
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| description | ABSTRACTBackground Chronic pain affects approximately one in every five Canadians and has a substantial impact on psychological well-being, relationships, ability to attend work or school, and overall functioning.The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic introduced orientation sessions, with the aim of providing new patients with pain education to help prepare patients for engagement with multimodal pain management strategies. This report summarizes the results of a formative evaluation of the orientation session at The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic to determine whether patients perceived the orientation session as beneficial.Methods Interviews were conducted, transcribed, and then thematically analyzed to understand patients’ perspectives on the orientation session. Coding was done by two team members using the constant comparison analyses method with key ideas, concepts, and patterns identified and compared to identify similarities.Results Between September 6 and October 18, 2019, 18 patients attended an orientation session and 12 consented to participation and completed telephone interviews. The six themes identified included (1) feeling of community, (2) participants feeling heard by providers, (3) appreciation of the holistic approach, (4) availability of community resources, (5) barriers to access, and (6) discordant feelings of preparedness for the physician appointment.Conclusion Results from this evaluation indicate that the orientation session offered at The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic improves chronic pain literacy, reduces feeling of isolation, and instills hope. As such, it appears to be a valuable component of pain clinic programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a985f4ef7d064d6e8d5f32d80084175d2023-11-28T20:20:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCanadian Journal of Pain2474-05272023-12-017110.1080/24740527.2022.2111993A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement projectPatricia A. Poulin0Louise Bell1Danielle Rice2Yaadwinder Shergill3Sarah Fitzgerald4Rosemee Cantave5Renée Gauthier6Rose Robbins7Cristin Kargus8Susan Ward9Department of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaABSTRACTBackground Chronic pain affects approximately one in every five Canadians and has a substantial impact on psychological well-being, relationships, ability to attend work or school, and overall functioning.The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic introduced orientation sessions, with the aim of providing new patients with pain education to help prepare patients for engagement with multimodal pain management strategies. This report summarizes the results of a formative evaluation of the orientation session at The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic to determine whether patients perceived the orientation session as beneficial.Methods Interviews were conducted, transcribed, and then thematically analyzed to understand patients’ perspectives on the orientation session. Coding was done by two team members using the constant comparison analyses method with key ideas, concepts, and patterns identified and compared to identify similarities.Results Between September 6 and October 18, 2019, 18 patients attended an orientation session and 12 consented to participation and completed telephone interviews. The six themes identified included (1) feeling of community, (2) participants feeling heard by providers, (3) appreciation of the holistic approach, (4) availability of community resources, (5) barriers to access, and (6) discordant feelings of preparedness for the physician appointment.Conclusion Results from this evaluation indicate that the orientation session offered at The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic improves chronic pain literacy, reduces feeling of isolation, and instills hope. As such, it appears to be a valuable component of pain clinic programs.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24740527.2022.2111993chronic painpainqualitative researchquality assurancepain education |
| spellingShingle | Patricia A. Poulin Louise Bell Danielle Rice Yaadwinder Shergill Sarah Fitzgerald Rosemee Cantave Renée Gauthier Rose Robbins Cristin Kargus Susan Ward A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project Canadian Journal of Pain chronic pain pain qualitative research quality assurance pain education |
| title | A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project |
| title_full | A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project |
| title_fullStr | A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project |
| title_full_unstemmed | A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project |
| title_short | A formal evaluation of The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic orientation session: A quality improvement project |
| title_sort | formal evaluation of the ottawa hospital pain clinic orientation session a quality improvement project |
| topic | chronic pain pain qualitative research quality assurance pain education |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24740527.2022.2111993 |
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