Integrating a Community Advisory Board Into a Pragmatic Trial of Mindfulness for Chronic Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve the implementation of clinical trial interventions, there is a need to facilitate communication between key stakeholders and research teams. Community Advisory Boards (CAB) bring together a range of stakeholders not historically included in the research process to inform and work collaboratively with research teams.

Objective

To describe our procedures and processes for (1) integration of a CAB into a pragmatic clinical trial of a telehealth-delivered group mindfulness program for persons with chronic low back pain (cLBP) within primary care, and (2) for the rapid uptake and implementation of CAB recommendations.

Methods

The CAB we convened includes persons with cLBP who have undergone the mindfulness intervention, health care system leadership,

SUBMITTER: Morone NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10845977 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature