Provider Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Identifying, Perceiving, and Seeking Healthcare for Chronic Pain After TBI: A Qualitative NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Collaborative Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identify determinants to chronic pain healthcare for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) informed by an Access to Care Framework. Findings related to the Access Framework's core domains of identifying a need, perceptions of the need, and seeking healthcare are reported.

Setting

Community.

Participants

Healthcare providers (n = 63) with 2 or more years of experience treating persons with TBI interviewed between October 2020 and November 2021.

Design

Descriptive, qualitative study.

Main measures

Semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions of chronic pain management for persons with TBI. Informed by the Access Framework, responses were coded by and categorized within the domains of identifying healthcare needs, perceptions of needs,

SUBMITTER: Nakase-Richardson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768806 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature