Healthcare Access and Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Black Veterans with Chronic Pain: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant disruptions in healthcare and rapid increases in virtual healthcare delivery. The full effects of these shifts remain unknown. Understanding effects of these disruptions is particularly relevant for patients with chronic pain, which typically requires consistent engagement in treatment to maximize benefit, and for Black patients, given documented racial disparities in pain treatment and telehealth delivery.

Objective

To understand how Black patients with chronic pain experienced pandemic-related changes in healthcare delivery.

Design

In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews PARTICIPANTS: Black veterans with chronic pain.

Key results

Participants described decreased ability to self-manage their chronic

SUBMITTER: Matthias MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663172 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature