Coming back for more: factors linked to higher participation among Veterans with chronic pain in an innovative VA-YMCA wellness clinic.

ABSTRACT: In 2019, the Indianapolis VA developed a Wellness Clinic in partnership with the Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA) to comprehensively address Veterans' chronic pain. Our specific aims were twofold: (1) to evaluate the implementation of the Veterans Health Indiana (VHI) Wellness Clinic on patient utilisation and (2) to evaluate patient functioning.We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation, which included the extraction of VA administrative data to identify a patient cohort; the conduct of chart review to extract clinic utilisation, clinical outcomes collected during pain-related healthcare services and comorbidities; and semistructured interviews with Veteran patients who used the VHI Wellness Clinic in different patterns to identify challenges and facilitators to clinic utilisation.

SUBMITTER: Preddie AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826581 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature