Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned?
<h4>Background and aims</h4> Integration of care is lacking for chronic musculoskeletal pain patients. Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg, a transmural health care network, has been designed to provide integrated rehabilitation care from a biopsychosocial perspective to improve patients...
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| author | Cynthia Lamper Ivan P. J. Huijnen Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese Albère J. Köke Gijs Brouwer Dirk Ruwaard Jeanine A. M. C. F. Verbunt |
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| description | <h4>Background and aims</h4> Integration of care is lacking for chronic musculoskeletal pain patients. Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg, a transmural health care network, has been designed to provide integrated rehabilitation care from a biopsychosocial perspective to improve patients’ levels of functioning. This feasibility study aims to provide insight into barriers and facilitators for the development, implementation, and transferability. <h4>Methods</h4> This study was conducted with a three-phase iterative and incremental design from October 2017 to October 2018. The network comprises two rehabilitation practices, and three local primary care networks, with a general practitioner together with, a mental health practice nurse, and a physiotherapist or exercise therapist. These stakeholders with a random sample of participating patients took part in evaluations, consisting of interviews, focus groups, and observations. Field notes and observations were recorded during meetings. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research guided data collection and analysis. Results were used to refine the next phase. <h4>Results</h4> According to health care professionals, guidelines and treatment protocols facilitate consistency and transparency in collaboration, biopsychosocial language, and treatment. One mentioned barrier is the stigmatization of chronic pain by the general population. In regular care, approaches are often more biomedical than biopsychosocial, causing patients to resist participating. The current organization of health care acts as a barrier, complicating implementation between and within practices. Health care professionals were enthusiastic about the iterative, bottom-up development. A critical mass of participating organizations is needed for proper implementation. <h4>Conclusion</h4> Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg is feasible in daily practice if barriers are overcome and facilitators of development, implementation, and transferability are promoted. These findings will be used to refine Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg. A large-scale process and effect evaluation will be performed. Our implementation strategies and results may assist other health care organizations aspiring to implement a transmural network using a similar model. <h4>Trail registration</h4> Registration number: NTR6654 or https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=NTR6654. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c11b5d017ae04b4d86b9f8dd10d8818f2022-12-22T03:16:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01179Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned?Cynthia LamperIvan P. J. HuijnenMariëlle E. A. L. KroeseAlbère J. KökeGijs BrouwerDirk RuwaardJeanine A. M. C. F. Verbunt<h4>Background and aims</h4> Integration of care is lacking for chronic musculoskeletal pain patients. Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg, a transmural health care network, has been designed to provide integrated rehabilitation care from a biopsychosocial perspective to improve patients’ levels of functioning. This feasibility study aims to provide insight into barriers and facilitators for the development, implementation, and transferability. <h4>Methods</h4> This study was conducted with a three-phase iterative and incremental design from October 2017 to October 2018. The network comprises two rehabilitation practices, and three local primary care networks, with a general practitioner together with, a mental health practice nurse, and a physiotherapist or exercise therapist. These stakeholders with a random sample of participating patients took part in evaluations, consisting of interviews, focus groups, and observations. Field notes and observations were recorded during meetings. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research guided data collection and analysis. Results were used to refine the next phase. <h4>Results</h4> According to health care professionals, guidelines and treatment protocols facilitate consistency and transparency in collaboration, biopsychosocial language, and treatment. One mentioned barrier is the stigmatization of chronic pain by the general population. In regular care, approaches are often more biomedical than biopsychosocial, causing patients to resist participating. The current organization of health care acts as a barrier, complicating implementation between and within practices. Health care professionals were enthusiastic about the iterative, bottom-up development. A critical mass of participating organizations is needed for proper implementation. <h4>Conclusion</h4> Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg is feasible in daily practice if barriers are overcome and facilitators of development, implementation, and transferability are promoted. These findings will be used to refine Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg. A large-scale process and effect evaluation will be performed. Our implementation strategies and results may assist other health care organizations aspiring to implement a transmural network using a similar model. <h4>Trail registration</h4> Registration number: NTR6654 or https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=NTR6654.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9477302/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Cynthia Lamper Ivan P. J. Huijnen Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese Albère J. Köke Gijs Brouwer Dirk Ruwaard Jeanine A. M. C. F. Verbunt Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? PLoS ONE |
| title | Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? |
| title_full | Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? |
| title_short | Exploring the feasibility of a network of organizations for pain rehabilitation: What are the lessons learned? |
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