Understanding barriers and facilitators to non-pharmaceutical chronic pain research engagement among people living with chronic pain in the UK: a two-phase mixed-methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chronic pain treatment engagement is dominated by pharmaceutical methods, while previous research has assessed barriers to uptake of non-pharmaceutical treatments, there has not been research one step earlier in the treatment development pipeline; assessing barriers to take part in research that develops non-pharmaceutical chronic pain treatment methods.

Design

A two-phase approach was used to assess barriers and facilitators to research participation for people living with chronic pain. Online focus groups were run in phase 1, generating qualitative data, while phase 2 used the themes identified within phase 1 to assess agreement and disagreement.

Setting

Participants consisted of people with chronic pain across the UK.

Participants

36 participants

SUBMITTER: Hansford K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature