Apps for Older People's Pain Self-Management: Perspectives of Primary Care and Allied Health Clinicians.

Bhattarai, P; Newton-John, T; Phillips, JL

Apps for Older People's Pain Self-Management: Perspectives of Primary Care and Allied Health Clinicians.

Bhattarai, P

Newton-John, T

Phillips, JL

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Pain Med, 2020, 21 (4), pp. 686 - 694
Issue Date:: 2020-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bhattarai, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-6994	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Newton-John, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4219-4985	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Phillips, JL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-8230	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-09-10T19:05:13Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Pain Med, 2020, 21 (4), pp. 686 - 694	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135980
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Chronic arthritic pain is one of the major causes of physical suffering and disability among older people. Primary care and allied health clinicians use various approaches to help their older clients better manage their arthritic pain. The growing uptake of technology among older people offers the potential for clinicians to integrate an arthritic pain app into their patients' self-management plans. This study explored the perspectives of Australian primary care and allied health clinicians regarding the use of pain self-management apps to help their older patients/clients better manage their arthritic pain. METHODS: Qualitative design using a semistructured interview approach. Interviews were conducted via telephone with primary and allied health clinicians (N = 17) across Australia. RESULTS: The overarching theme underlying participants' views on integration of apps into older people's pain self-management strategy was that this approach is an idealistic but uniquely challenging endeavor. Four subthemes emerged, namely: 1) self-management apps are a potentially useful tool but require careful consideration; 2) clinicians' involvement is crucial yet potentially onerous; 3) no single app is right for every older person with arthritic pain; and 4) patient data access is beneficial, but caution is needed for real-time data access. DISCUSSION: The predominant clinician perspective of integrating apps into their older patients/clients' pain self-management strategies was that this approach is an idealistic but uniquely challenging endeavor. Apps were seen as having potential to support various aspects of patients' self-management behaviors; however, there were notable concerns with regards to the challenges inherent in this approach for both clinicians and older users (patients/clients).	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Pain Med	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/pm/pnz218	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Anesthesiology	en_US
dc.title	Apps for Older People's Pain Self-Management: Perspectives of Primary Care and Allied Health Clinicians.	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	21	en_US
utslib.location.activity	England	en_US
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utslib.for	1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
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pubs.volume	21	en_US

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Chronic arthritic pain is one of the major causes of physical suffering and disability among older people. Primary care and allied health clinicians use various approaches to help their older clients better manage their arthritic pain. The growing uptake of technology among older people offers the potential for clinicians to integrate an arthritic pain app into their patients' self-management plans. This study explored the perspectives of Australian primary care and allied health clinicians regarding the use of pain self-management apps to help their older patients/clients better manage their arthritic pain. METHODS: Qualitative design using a semistructured interview approach. Interviews were conducted via telephone with primary and allied health clinicians (N = 17) across Australia. RESULTS: The overarching theme underlying participants' views on integration of apps into older people's pain self-management strategy was that this approach is an idealistic but uniquely challenging endeavor. Four subthemes emerged, namely: 1) self-management apps are a potentially useful tool but require careful consideration; 2) clinicians' involvement is crucial yet potentially onerous; 3) no single app is right for every older person with arthritic pain; and 4) patient data access is beneficial, but caution is needed for real-time data access. DISCUSSION: The predominant clinician perspective of integrating apps into their older patients/clients' pain self-management strategies was that this approach is an idealistic but uniquely challenging endeavor. Apps were seen as having potential to support various aspects of patients' self-management behaviors; however, there were notable concerns with regards to the challenges inherent in this approach for both clinicians and older users (patients/clients).

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