Applying the behavioural change wheel to guide the implementation of a biopsychosocial approach to musculoskeletal pain care.

ABSTRACT: Achieving high value, biopsychosocial pain care can be complex, involving multiple stakeholders working synergistically to support the implementation of quality care. In order to empower healthcare professionals to assess, identify and analyse biopsychosocial factors contributing to musculoskeletal pain, and describe what changes are needed in the whole-of-system to navigate this complexity, we aimed to: (1) map established barriers and enablers influencing healthcare professionals' adoption of a biopsychosocial approach to musculoskeletal pain against behaviour change frameworks; and (2) identify behaviour change techniques to facilitate and support the adoption and improve pain education. A five-step process informed by the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) was undertaken: (i) from a recently

SUBMITTER: Ng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204590 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature