"There's a huge benefit just to know that someone cares:" a qualitative examination of rural veterans' experiences with TelePain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Veterans in the United States are at an increased risk of chronic pain and have higher reported pain prevalence and severity than nonveterans. This qualitative study aims to examine veterans' perspectives on the acceptability of receiving pain care through TelePain, a telehealth program implemented by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) that offers specialty pain care to rural veterans in their homes or in a video conferencing room at a nearby outpatient clinic.

Methods

The VA electronic health record was used to identify patients who were referred to TelePain from rural clinics located in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska between 12/01/2019 and 03/31/2020. The study team completed 16 semi-structured interviews with rural veterans about their experiences with Tel

SUBMITTER: Silvestrini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520618 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature