Strategies to optimise the health equity impact of digital pain self-reporting tools: a series of multi-stakeholder focus groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are avoidable differences (i.e., inequities) in the prevalence and distribution of chronic pain across diverse populations, as well as in access to and outcomes of pain management services. Digital pain self-reporting tools have the potential to reduce or exacerbate these inequities. This study aimed to better understand how to optimise the health equity impact of digital pain self-reporting tools on people who are experiencing (or are at risk of) digital pain inequities.

Methods

This was a qualitative study, guided by the Health Equity Impact Assessment tool-digital health supplement (HEIA-DH). We conducted three scoping focus groups with multiple stakeholders to identify the potential impacts of digital pain self-reporting tools and strategies to manage th

SUBMITTER: Ali SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555918 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature