"So, you must understand that that group changed everything": perspectives on a telehealth group intervention for individuals with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Patient Education Empowerment Programme (PEEP) is an interdisciplinary group intervention for people living with chronic pain. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and restrictions on in-person group-based health care delivery in South Africa, PEEP was modified to a telehealth electronic format (ePEEP) and offered to patients on a waiting list at two interdisciplinary chronic pain clinics in Cape Town, South Africa. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and acceptability of ePEEP through the perspectives of individuals with chronic pain who participated in ePEEP.  METHODS: A qualitative, exploratory descriptive study was conducted. One month after completion of the 6-week ePEEP programme, individuals who participated, were recruited for t

SUBMITTER: Ernstzen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166594 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature