What influences chronic pain management? A best-worst scaling experiment with final year medical students and general practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain education is an essential determinant for optimal chronic pain management. Given that attitudes and preferences are involved in making treatment decisions, identifying which factors are most influential to final year medical students' and general practitioners' (GPs) chronic pain management choices is of importance. This study investigates Swedish and Australian students' preferences with respect to a chronic pain condition, using a best-worst scaling (BWS) experiment, which is designed to rank alternatives.

Methods

BWS, a stated-preference method grounded in random utility theory, was used to explore the importance of factors influencing chronic pain management.

Results

All three cohorts considered the patients' pain description and previous t

SUBMITTER: Rankin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature