Articles producció científica> Psicologia

Pediatric chronic pain programs: Current and ideal practice

  • Identification data

    Identifier: imarina:5927606
    Authors:
    Miró JMcGrath PFinley GWalco G
    Abstract:
    Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The International Association for the Study of Pain. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) Introduction: The treatment of youth with chronic pain has improved in recent years. However, because pediatric chronic pain programs are not governed by international standards, the development and implementation of new initiatives may be limited. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify the features of programs as they exist at present and to determine what features they should have in an ideal state. Methods: A web-based international survey was used to collect information. The survey contained 86 questions seeking respondent professional demographic data and information about the pain program with which the respondent was affiliated at the time (program organization, types of pain problem treated, professionals involved, services provided, size of the program, research, professional training, public education and advocacy, and funding sources). Results: Respondents were 136 pediatric pain experts representing different specialties located in 12 countries. Most respondents indicated that ideal programs would have a multidisciplinary staff; provide a wide range of treatments for different chronic pain problems; integrate research, formal clinical training of specialists, and public education and advocacy into their activities; and be an accredited part of the public health system. Conclusions: The results of this survey may be useful for health care professionals interested in treating chronic pain in children and adolescents and for policy makers concerned with improving the care given to these children and their f
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Miró J; McGrath P; Finley G; Walco G
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: Miró Martínez, Jordi
    Keywords: Treatment Survey Pediatric chronic pain Chronic pain programs
    Abstract: Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The International Association for the Study of Pain. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) Introduction: The treatment of youth with chronic pain has improved in recent years. However, because pediatric chronic pain programs are not governed by international standards, the development and implementation of new initiatives may be limited. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify the features of programs as they exist at present and to determine what features they should have in an ideal state. Methods: A web-based international survey was used to collect information. The survey contained 86 questions seeking respondent professional demographic data and information about the pain program with which the respondent was affiliated at the time (program organization, types of pain problem treated, professionals involved, services provided, size of the program, research, professional training, public education and advocacy, and funding sources). Results: Respondents were 136 pediatric pain experts representing different specialties located in 12 countries. Most respondents indicated that ideal programs would have a multidisciplinary staff; provide a wide range of treatments for different chronic pain problems; integrate research, formal clinical training of specialists, and public education and advocacy into their activities; and be an accredited part of the public health system. Conclusions: The results of this survey may be useful for health care professionals interested in treating chronic pain in children and adolescents and for policy makers concerned with improving the care given to these children and their families.
    Thematic Areas: Neurosciences Anesthesiology and pain medicine
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: jordi.miro@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-1998-6653
    Record's date: 2023-06-09
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/Fulltext/2017/10000/Pediatric_chronic_pain_programs__current_and_ideal.4.aspx
    Papper original source: Pain Rep. 2 (5): e613-
    APA: Miró J; McGrath P; Finley G; Walco G (2017). Pediatric chronic pain programs: Current and ideal practice. Pain Rep, 2(5), e613-. DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000613
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000613
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2017
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Neurosciences
    Treatment
    Survey
    Pediatric chronic pain
    Chronic pain programs
    Neurosciences
    Anesthesiology and pain medicine
  • Documents:

  • Cerca a google

    Search to google scholar